Exposing ideology within university policies: a critical discourse analysis of faculty hiring,promotion and remuneration practices |
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| Authors: | Sedef Uzuner-Smith Karen Englander |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Counseling &2. Special Populations, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USAsedef.smith@lamar.edu;4. Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University, Toronto, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Using critical discourse analysis (CDA), this paper exposes the neoliberal ideology of the knowledge-based economy embedded within university policies, specifically those that regulate faculty hiring, promotion, and remuneration in two national contexts: Turkey and Mexico. The paper follows four stages of CDA: (1) focus upon a social wrong in its language aspect; (2) identify obstacles to addressing the social wrong; (3) consider whether the social order in a sense ‘needs’ the social wrong; and (4) identify possible ways past the obstacles. The analysis demonstrates that the global, marketized climate of higher education has impacted Turkish and Mexican universities to such a degree that they have become increasingly corporate in their practices of management. The resulting effect is the creation of a performance culture that robs faculty of their professionalism. This paper uncovers this disadvantaged positioning of faculty and posits modest proposals for change. |
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| Keywords: | higher education knowledge-based economy critical discourse analysis (CDA) faculty evaluation tenure and promotion merit pay |
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