Lean Semesters - How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity

Informed by the work of scholars and labor activists who have interrogated the various forms of inequity produced and reproduced by institutions of higher education under neoliberalism, Lean Semesters serves as a timely and accessible call to action.

About the author

Sekile M. Nzinga is the director of the Women's Center and a lecturer in gender and sexuality studies at Northwestern University. She is the editor of Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering and the Academy.

Summary

Informed by the work of scholars and labor activists who have interrogated the various forms of inequity produced and reproduced by institutions of higher education under neoliberalism, Lean Semesters serves as a timely and accessible call to action.

Product details

• Authors: Sekile M. Nzinga, Sekile M. (Chief Equity Officer Nzinga, Sekile M. (Senior Director of Programs Nzinga
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781421438764
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3876-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Critical University Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Leadership, Social & cultural anthropology, Educational strategies & policy, Gender studies, gender groups, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Higher & further education, tertiary education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, race;gender;inequality;diversity;academia;Black women