Academia in Crisis: The Rise and Risk of Neoliberal Education in Europe: 335 (Value Inquiry Book) - Hardcover

Dr. Ida Sabelis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 900440158X ISBN 13: 9789004401587

Publisher: Brill | Rodopi, 2019

Synopsis

This book dissects current commercial, capitalist and fast cultures in universities. It argues that there is no turning back, nor marching on. Under the present regimes ruling universities, all that is left is reflection on academic qualities and opting in, or out.

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About the Author

Leonidas Donskis (1962–2016), PhD, was a well-educated scholar, creative artist, politician, professor of Politics and important academic leader, and dean at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. Together with the other editors he initiated the project to write a reflected book on academic life, which became Academia in Crisis. Ida Sabelis, PhD (1954, VU Amsterdam), is Associate Professor of Organization Studies (Organizational Culture, In/equality and Diversity) at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She published widely in the field of time studies, alternating with gender diversity, human rights and ecofeminism (sustainability). Frans Kamsteeg, PhD, is Associate Professor at the department of Organization Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam. His main interests include diversity in higher education, and the emergence of managerial cultures at universities. Harry Wels, PhD, is Associate Professor at the department of Organization Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam. His main interests include the social sciences of human and non-human agents related to sustainability and social justice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill | Rodopi
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900440158X
• ISBN 13: 9789004401587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220