Neoliberal Ideology and College Students: Developing a Customer Orientation While in College
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https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v8i8.186175Keywords:
Neoliberalism, Ideology, Students as CustomersAbstract
This longitudinal study investigates changes in the extent to which students express or reject a customer orientation towards their education from their initial summer orientation to the end of their second year in college. Fifteen of the 19 items associated with a customer orientation included in the survey (N=3885, n=1085, RR= 28%) exhibited statistically significant changes, all in ways consistent with a greater expression of a customer approach. Results also indicated that while students increasingly expressed a customer orientation, overall, they continued not to express beliefs consistent with a customer approach. Implications are discussed within the framework of neoliberal ideology.Downloads
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