Neoliberal Ideologies, Governmentality and the Academy: An examination of accountability through assessment and transparency

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 475-487

  Jankowski, Natasha ^a   Provezis, Staci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; assessment; higher education; neoliberal governmentality; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900019732     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2012.721736     Document Type: Article

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