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OverviewThis important work critically investigates the use of rating and ranking systems in higher education to show how they govern the academic population through the creation of competition and antagonism. From social media to PISA and Rotten Tomatoes, ratings and rankings exist everywhere in our daily lives. Seemingly benign in practice, they can structure and govern important parts of society, including social interaction, public health and economic rankings. In this essential critique, author Jonas Thiel sets out the case against these practices, using the UK’s higher education model to show how tools such as the National Student Surveys (NSS) instead divide the academic population to make it governable and controllable. Instead of achieving its intended aim of improving teaching by forcing competition over student satisfaction, Thiel shows that systems like the NSS have a profound and often negative impact upon how people and institutions understand themselves. Drawing on the new materialist theory of Karen Barad, Foucault’s governmentality and Laclau’s understanding of antagonism, the book raises an urgent need to respond to these boundary-drawing practices, especially in light of rising inequality and ecological collapse, and poses the question: can we even imagine a world without 'Top 10' rankings and 'out of 5' scores? Engaging with current debates around ‘value’, tuition fees and the role of higher education in society, this is fascinating reading for advanced students and academics in psychology, education, sociology and philosophy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonas ThielPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367417055ISBN 10: 0367417057 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 06 June 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPREFACE CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS: KAREN BARAD’S AGENTIAL REALISM CHAPTER 3. RATINGS AND RANKINGS AS APPARATUSES CHAPTER 4. THE NSS AS A DISCIPLINARY AND NEOLIBERAL HYBRID CHAPTER 5. DIVIDE AND RULE: THE NSS AS AN ANTAGONISTIC GOVERNMENTALITY CHAPTER 6. GOVERNMENTAL APPARATUSES OF BODILY PRODUCTION CHAPTER 7. CONCLUSION - SOLIDARITY, ACCELERATIONISM AND UTOPIA REFERENCESReviewsAuthor InformationJonas Thiel is a senior lecturer in education at Manchester Metropolitan University. His academic interests include competition and cooperation in education and beyond, arts education and democratic education. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |