The "McDonaldization" of Higher Education: Food for Thought?.

Hartley, David

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Publication Date: 1995

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The "McDonaldization" of Higher Education: Food for Thought?

Hartley, David

Oxford Review of Education, v21 n4 p409-23 Dec 1995

Identifies the components of the current social trend, "McDonaldization", as efficiency, calculability, predictability, and the substitution of nonhuman technology for human technology (or control). Contends that market forces and mass production have imposed "McDonaldization," on the British educational system. Considers future reactions of students and academics. (MJP)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Principles, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humanization, Modernization, Politics of Education, Quality of Life, Social Change, Social Influences, Values

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)

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