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A History of “Relevance” in Psychology“Relevance” in the Post-Apartheid Era (1994–2011)

A History of “Relevance” in Psychology: “Relevance” in the Post-Apartheid Era (1994–2011) [In the final quarter of the twentieth century, a new regime of knowledge production emerged as a response to rising economic competitiveness, the escalating requirements of post-industrial technoscientific society, and the decline in public funding of universities (Slaughter and Leslie 1997). The ensuing capitalization of knowledge led to a proliferation of both “market-like behaviors” (tuition fees, endowment funds, university–industry collaborations) and out-and-out “market behaviors” (patenting activities, spin-off companies, for-profit bookstore arrangements) on campuses all over the world. With the fall of apartheid and South Africa’s gradual assimilation into the global community, leading educationists encouraged the implementation of this new dispensation in which universities had come to be run like businesses.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of “Relevance” in Psychology“Relevance” in the Post-Apartheid Era (1994–2011)

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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978-1-137-47488-9
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185 –202
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10.1057/978-1-137-47489-6_9
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[In the final quarter of the twentieth century, a new regime of knowledge production emerged as a response to rising economic competitiveness, the escalating requirements of post-industrial technoscientific society, and the decline in public funding of universities (Slaughter and Leslie 1997). The ensuing capitalization of knowledge led to a proliferation of both “market-like behaviors” (tuition fees, endowment funds, university–industry collaborations) and out-and-out “market behaviors” (patenting activities, spin-off companies, for-profit bookstore arrangements) on campuses all over the world. With the fall of apartheid and South Africa’s gradual assimilation into the global community, leading educationists encouraged the implementation of this new dispensation in which universities had come to be run like businesses.]

Published: Jun 24, 2016

Keywords: Keynote Address; African National Congress; Social Relevance; Civic Responsibility; Black Economic Empowerment

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