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Tracing the shift from liberal to neoliberal education from the nineteenth century to the present day, this open access book provides a rich and previously underdeveloped narrative of value in higher education in England. Value and the Humanities draws upon historical, financial, and critical debates concerning educational and cultural policy. Rather than writing a singular defence of the humanities against economic rationalism, Zoe Hope Bulaitis constructs a nuanced map of the intersections of value in the humanities, encompassing an exploration of policy engagement, scientific discourses, fictional representation, and the humanities in public life. The book articulates a kaleidoscopic range of humanities practices which demonstrate that although recent policy encourages higher education to be entirely motivated by outcomes, fiscal targets, and the acquisition of employability skills, the humanities continue to inspire and aspire beyond these limits. This book is a historically-grounded and theoretically-informed analysis of the value of the humanities within the context of the market.

Literary Theory --- Nineteenth-Century Literature --- Higher Education --- Cultural Economics --- neoliberal university --- humanities education --- higher education --- humanities crisis --- economics of education --- higher education policy --- Victorian literature --- Victorian economics --- Open Access --- Literary theory --- Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Economics

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This open access book focuses on the dimensions of the discourse of 'The World Class University', its alleged characteristics, and its policy expressions. It offers a broad overview of the historical background and current trajectory of the world-class-university construct. It also deepens the theoretical discussion, and points a way forward out of present impasses resulting from the pervasive use and abuse of the notion of "world-class" and related terms in the discourse of quality assessment. The book includes approaches and results from fields of inquiry not otherwise prominent in Higher Education studies, including philosophy and media studies, as well as sociology, anthropology, educational theory. The growing impact of global rankings and their strategic use in the restructuring of higher education systems to increase global competitiveness has led to a ‘reputation race’ and the emergence of the global discourse of world class universities. The discourse of world class universities has rapid uptake in East Asian countries, with China recently refining its strategy. This book provides insights into this process and its future development.

Educational Policy and Politics --- Higher Education --- Administration, Organization and Leadership --- Sociology of Education --- Educational Philosophy --- Philosophy of Education --- Organization and Leadership --- open access --- higher education policy --- global rankings and league tables --- audit culture and the university --- universities and liberal education --- mediatization and the university --- academic excellence and marketization --- higher education and performance indicators --- academic freedom --- global educational competitiveness --- world class university discourse --- academic capitalism --- Educational strategies & policy --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Educational administration & organization --- Sociology --- Philosophy & theory of education