Academic Productivity and Political Culture: The Challenges of Higher Education Nowadays

Abstract

As a result of the new neoliberal education policies, the change in higher education institutions places them on a more competitive and adaptable level, promoting institutional processes of evaluation, planning, accountability and greater intensification of academic work. The articulating axes of political culture are linked to the existence of a subsystem of university government, subject to a process of particular socialization of the exercise of authority that allows their uniqueness within educational institutions, where public policy incentives have a strong capacity to influence the main educational activities and practices of teachers. The existing relationship between academic activity and productivity and its correlation with political culture is analyzed, contemplating subjective aspects and objectives such as beliefs, conceptions, feelings and political values, as well as attitudes, use of language, capacities, behaviors and political practices. Thus, the policy implemented by the education system promotes greater competition among institutions and academics, reshaping the political culture of academics.