Neoliberalism, Networks and Knowledge: The commercialisation and resituating of universities

The influence of new “edu-businesses” on policy makers and administrators represents the most recent expansion of neoliberal inspired marketisation into higher education. It is also a sign of the expansion of a new, networked structure of policy making and institutional governance. Steven Ward discusses the profound changes in the way universities today are expected to interface with the states that support them, as well as the new assortment of “stakeholders” that influence their activities.