{"product_id":"the-assault-on-universities-9780745331911","title":"The Assault on Universities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakes on the government's agenda of university cuts and fee increases\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The corporatising of universal education is one of the most insidious and dangerous attacks on the very notion of human rights. This book calls us to arms. Every student, every educator who cares should read it' -- John Pilger\u003cbr\u003e'This is an essential book. The future of our universities is up for grabs and the manifesto will play a huge role in providing alternatives at a time when the government says there aren't any' -- Clare Solomon, President of the University of London Union (ULU) and editor of Springtime (2011)\u003cbr\u003e'Universities are the new front line in the battle between the market and society. Students are being groomed for a life of debt on a learn-to-earn treadmill. Campuses are being commercialised at every turn. The Assault on Universities tells the story of what's happening to higher education, why and what we do about it' -- Neal Lawson, chair of Compass and author of All Consuming\u003cbr\u003e'A timely and astute defence of the university that breaks free from the unimaginative pattern that can see education as only either a corporate or a private good. The manifesto shows what can be done to revive and expand our universities restoring their social mission' -- Professor Paul Gilroy, London School of Economics\u003cbr\u003e'A valuable contribution to ongoing global conversations about the possibilities of social, political and economic justice and the central role of cultural institutions and practices, especially education, in them' -- Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e  1. An Introduction to Education Reform and Resistance by Des Freedman\u003cbr\u003e  Part 1: THE CHANGING IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Idea of the University by John K. Walton\u003cbr\u003e  3. What is a University Education For? by Neil Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e  4. Fighting for the University’s Life by Nick Couldry\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE VISIONS\u003cbr\u003e  5. Economic Alternatives in the Current Crisis by Aeron Davis\u003cbr\u003e  6. Re-Imagining the Public Good by Jon Nixon\u003cbr\u003e  7. The War Against Democracy and Education by Nick Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e  Part III: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY\u003cbr\u003e  8. The University as a Political Space by Alberto Toscano\u003cbr\u003e  9. The Academic as Truth-Teller by Michael Bailey\u003cbr\u003e  10. Impoverished Pedagogy, Privatised Practice by Natalie Fenton\u003cbr\u003e  Part IV: STUDENT POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e  11. Students Revolts Then and Now by John Rees\u003cbr\u003e  12. The Politics of Occupation by Feyzi Ismail\u003cbr\u003e  13. Achievements and Limitations of the UK Student Movement by Ashok Kumar\u003cbr\u003e  Part V: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES\u003cbr\u003e  14. Beyond the Swindle of the Corporate University by Henry A. Giroux\u003cbr\u003e  15. Education Reforms in a European Context by Marion von Osten\u003cbr\u003e  16.  International Students and the Globalisation of Higher Education by Kirsten Forkert\u003cbr\u003e  PART VI THE MANIFESTO \u003cbr\u003e  Demands on Government\u003cbr\u003e  Demands on Universities\u003cbr\u003e  Signatories to the Manifesto\u003cbr\u003e  Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404299903319,"sku":"9780745331911","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-assault-on-universities-9780745331911","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}