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In this thesis, the connection between capitalism, higher education, and ecological crisis is es-tablished and studied. It is presented, mainly theoretically, how capitalist socio-economic struc-ture is reproduced, how higher education contributes to it, and how this is linked to the ongoing ecological crisis. As a part of the more general discussion on the reproduction of capitalism, higher education, and its ecological impacts, Finnish higher education is taken as a specific context to be dis-cussed. In this regard, an empirical illustration is provided to strengthen the otherwise theoreti-cal argument to portray how the purpose of higher education is perceived in Finnish education policy documents in the 21st century. Based on existing literature, theoretical argumentation, and empirical illustration, it is argued that, as the orientation of higher education has been reformulated during the last decades, one of the primary purposes of higher education in the 21st century is to reproduce capitalism and conditions for capital accumulation and economic growth. In principle, this means that aims and demands concerning higher education, especially coming from state administration, a

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Author

Toni Ruuska

Publisher

Aalto University Publication

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9789526074412

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Economics, Education