Academic perceptions of higher education assessment processes in neoliberal academia

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-190

  Raaper, Rille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic work; assessment; Foucault; governmentality; higher education; neoliberalism; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924390000     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2015.1019901     Document Type: Article

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