Financialization of higher education: an analysis of the implications for teaching labor

UMA ANÁLISE DAS IMPLICAÇÕES SOBRE O TRABALHO DOCENTE

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https://doi.org/10.35699/edur.v41i41.45583

Keywords:

financialization of education, higher education, commodification of education, teaching work, precarious labor

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss how the demands and logics of the financial market are reflected in the work of teachers in private and financialized higher education organizations in Brazil, identifying elements that contribute to the debate about the daily implications of financialization in the activity of teachers. Based on exploratory research with male and female teachers inserted in the context of the financialization of higher education and the subsequent content analysis of the responses obtained, it was shown that financialization deepens the process of transformation of labor initiated by the commodification of education. In addition to the precariousness and intensification of work, which are reflections of elements of financialization such as the preference for liquidity and short-term profitability, financialization reconfigures teaching and education management work, increasing standardization, widening the distance between management and teaching work and introducing new roles related to the management of appearances within these organizations and the consequent self-marketing and self-promotion of teachers.

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Author Biographies

  • Maria Ângela Cláuver de Lucena, Take Blip
    Maria Ângela Cláuver de Lucena, Production Engineer, Product Designer at Take Blip. Her areas of interest are: innovation management, product development, work organization and financialization of production. Contact: ++ 55 31 3409 4896
  • Marina Quirino Magalhães , UFMG

    Marina Quirino Magalhães, Production Engineer, Customer Success Analyst. Areas of interest: ergonomics, work organization, product management, innovation, financialization of production. Contact: ++ 55 31 34094896

     

  • Ana Valéria Carneiro Dias, Departamento de Engenharia de Produção/UFMG

    Production Engineer, Master and PhD in Production Engineering (University of São Paulo), with studies at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Invited Researcher at Université de Bordeaux IV, from 2018 to 2019. Associate Professor at the Department of Production Engineering at the School of Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Her main areas of interest are: work organization, innovation management, organization for innovation, critical innovation studies, financialization of production and innovation, management of private and public service operations.

Published

2025-07-28

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Financialization of higher education: an analysis of the implications for teaching labor : UMA ANÁLISE DAS IMPLICAÇÕES SOBRE O TRABALHO DOCENTE. edur [Internet]. 2025 Jul. 28 [cited 2025 Dec. 24];41(41). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/45583