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The assault on universities : a manifesto for resistance /

With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum GBP9,000 yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book exposes the true motives behind the government's programme and provides the analytical tools to fight it....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bailey, Michael (Editor ), Freedman, Des, 1962- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An Introduction to Education Reform and Resistance / Des Freedman
  • The Idea of the University / John K. Walton
  • What is a University Education For? / Neil Faulkner
  • Fighting for the University's Life / Nick Couldry
  • Economic Alternatives in the Current Crisis / Aeron Davis
  • Re-imagining the Public Good / Jon Nixon
  • The War Against Democracy and Education / Nick Stevenson
  • The University as a Political Space / Alberto Toscano
  • The Academic as Truth-Teller / Michael Bailey
  • Impoverished Pedagogy, Privatised Practice / Natalie Fenton
  • Student Revolts Then and Now / John Rees
  • The Politics of Occupation / Feyzi Ismail
  • Achievements and Limitations of the UK Student Movement / Ashok Kumar
  • Beyond the Swindle of the Corporate University / Henry A. Giroux
  • Education Reforms in a European Context / Marion von Osten
  • International Students and the Globalization of Higher Education / Kirsten Forkert.