The academic manifesto. From Occupied to Free University
Keywords:
Academic politics, Management, The Netherlands, Public university, Academic labour conditions, Political action.
Abstract
Universities are occupied by management, a regime obsessed with ‘accountability’ through measurement, increased competition, efficiency, ‘excellence’, and misconceived economic salvation.Given the occupation’s absurd side-effects, we ask ourselves how management has succeeded in taking over our precious universities. An alternative vision for the academic future consists of a public university, more akin to a socially engaged knowledge commons than to a corporation. We suggest some provocative measures to bring about such a university. However, as management seems impervious to cogent arguments, such changes can only happen if academics take action. Hence, we explore several strategies for a renewed university politics.Downloads
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Published
2017-04-28
How to Cite
Halffman W. y Radder H. (2017). The academic manifesto. From Occupied to Free University. CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, 22, 259-281. https://doi.org/10.5209/CIYC.55978
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Varia
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