Public good in French universities: Principles and practice of the ‘republican’ model

Vincent Carpentier, Aline Courtois

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Abstract

Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews conducted in four public universities as part of an international comparative project, we examine the cultural, political, social and economic forces at play in the way the ‘public good’ is perceived, translated and debated within the French higher education context. Our findings indicate that a variety of views of the public good value/contribution of higher education co-exist, which, in a context of reform, reflect various understandings of how the principles and practices driving the French ‘republican’ model work or should work.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-18
JournalCompare : A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Volume52
Issue number1
Early online date31 Jan 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022

Funding

This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [Centre for Global Higher Education ES/M010082/1]. The support of the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the Office for Students (UK) andResearch England (UK) (grant reference ES/M010082/1) is gratefully acknowledged along withsupport from the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE).

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