| The Toxic University: Zombie Leadership, Academic Rock Stars and Neoliberal Ideology 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Smyth, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349958336 ISBN-13: 9781349958337 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | Administration - General |
| Dewey: 306.43 |
| Series: Palgrave Critical University Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.72 lbs) 235 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book considers the detrimental changes that have occurred to the institution of the university, as a result of the withdrawal of state funding and the imposition of neoliberal market reforms on higher education. It argues that universities have lost their way, and are currently drowning in an impenetrable mush of economic babble, spurious spin-offs of zombie economics, management-speak and militaristic-corporate jargon. John Smyth provides a trenchant and excoriating analysis of how universities have enveloped themselves in synthetic and meaningless marketing hype, and explains what this has done to academic work and the culture of universities - specifically, how it has degraded higher education and exacerbated social inequalities among both staff and students. Finally, the book explores how we might commence a reclamation. It should be essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of education and sociology, and anyone interested in the current state of university management. |