To See or Not to See the Crisis In the Academy: A Call for Action

Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. The writer outlines some of the primary political and economic challenges confronting the academy in community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and publicly and privately funded universities. He states that such tre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kyle, Ken (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 128-147
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
College students
College administrators > United States
University & college employees
UNIVERSITY faculty
Politicians > United States
Universities & colleges > United States
Educational finance
Higher education > United States
Political Participation
College students > United States
Higher education > Economic aspects
Social Problems
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Summary:Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. The writer outlines some of the primary political and economic challenges confronting the academy in community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and publicly and privately funded universities. He states that such trends as a declining overall student population are combining with economic and political factors to place the university as an institution under strain and threaten those who work within higher education. He concludes by urging faculty members to respond to these threats.