'The Numbers Are There but the Attention Is Elsewhere': An Analysis of the Boyer Report
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| Title: | 'The Numbers Are There but the Attention Is Elsewhere': An Analysis of the Boyer Report |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, Aaron W. Voyles |
| Source: | Texas Education Review. 2024 12(2):132-147. |
| Availability: | Texas Education Review. Available from: University of Texas at Austin, George I. Sanchez Building, 1912 Speedway, Austin, TX 78705. Tel: 512-471-7551; Fax: 512-471-5975; e-mail: txedreview@utexas.edu; Web site: https://review.education.utexas.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Undergraduate Study, Research Universities, Educational History, Neoliberalism, College Faculty, Instructional Innovation, Educational Development, Educational Philosophy, Reports, Historical Interpretation |
| ISSN: | 2329-5724 |
| Abstract: | A 1998 report from the Boyer Commission called "Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities" issued a series of directives, suggestions, and critiques concerning the then-current state of undergraduate education at research universities. The document caused a minor media firestorm in the higher education and national outlets. This paper will analyze the report, the media responses to the report, and the academic articles inspired by it through the lens of the neoliberal economic models influencing higher education, encapsulated in the titular quote from the report regarding deficits in undergraduate education. We argue that neoliberal concepts infiltrated the discourse surrounding undergraduate education and provide the underpinnings for a value-added perspective on undergraduate education. We describe the historical circumstances influencing the report, conduct a poststructural analysis of the report using the lens of neoliberalism, and reflect upon the impact of the report for contemporary student affairs practitioners and faculty collaboration. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1441294 |
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