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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author MILIAN, Roger Pizarro (MISSAGHIAN, Rod)
Title Interdisciplinarity for sale : Logics of knowledge, labour markets and consumerism / Roger Pizarro Milian ; Rod Missaghian
Publication year 2019
Source/Footnote In: Higher education quarterly. - 73 (2019) 2, S. 153 - 167
Inventory number 48165
Keywords Ausland : Kanada : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : Kanada : einzelne Hochschulen ; Wissenschaft : Interdisziplinarität
Abstract Interdisciplinary programmes have proliferated across post?secondary education in recent decades. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the manner in which interdisciplinary programmes promote themselves to external constituents. To study this process, we conduct a content analysis of the online self?descriptions of 203 credential?granting interdisciplinary programmes across the Canadian university sector. We find that these entities embrace contrasting logics of superior knowledge, labour market outcomes and customisation. We interpret these findings through the lens of contemporary theorising within organisation studies, noting that their ambidexterity bodes well for their continued existence within the sector. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)