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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author ZMAS, Aristotelis
Title Financial crisis and higher education policies in Greece : between intra- and supranational pressures / Aristotelis Zmas
Publication year 2015
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 69 (2015) 3, S. 495 - 508
Inventory number 37892
Keywords Ausland : Griechenland : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein ; Finanzierung der Hochschulen : allgemein
Abstract The current financial crisis is blamed for the proliferation of neoliberal policies in Greek universities. However, this article argues that the imposition of relevant policies has wider causes linked to contradictions observed during the democratization and modernization of universities over the last 40 years. At the same time policymakers are seeking ?external? support to mitigate the doubts of pressure groups, such as academic staff, students, and mass media, regarding the need to implement unpopular reforms in Greek universities. Set against this political backdrop, the present article argues that the references of the Greek political leadership to European discourse about universities are a strategy to build alliances within the country for the promotion of neoliberal reforms in the field of tertiary education. The implementation of these reforms has been facilitated through the financial crisis, which has pressured the Greek governments to take immediate measures for the sake of the ?national economy?. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Zmas, Aristotelis, E-Mail: a.zmas@euc.ac.cy