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Direct linkMolla, Tebeje; Cuthbert, Denise – Australian Educational Researcher, 2015
The prevalent knowledge economy discourse has direct implications for higher education policies and practices. It is expected that the higher education sector supports national economic competitiveness mainly through promoting scientific research, supporting technological transfer and innovation, and producing "knowledge workers" such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Knowledge Economy, Higher Education
Cuthbert, Denise; Molla, Tebeje – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
A feature of HE reform discourse is the tendency to construct the rationale for reform in terms of averting calamity and risk. We refer to this risk talk as "crisis discourse." This study examines the formulation of PhD crisis discourse internationally and in Australia. We find that a key feature of PhD crisis discourse is that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, Graduate Students, Discourse Analysis
Molla, Tebeje; Cuthbert, Denise – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
After decades of decline, African higher education is now arguably in a new era of revival. With the prevalence of knowledge economy discourse, national governments in Africa and their development partners have increasingly aligned higher education with poverty reduction plans and strategies. Research capacity has become a critical development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Doctoral Programs
