Contested Future of Higher Education - Lessons From Alberta

This book contributes to critical university studies by providing a detailed examination of the corporatization of higher education at the University of Alberta, placing this experience in a broad comparative context, and drawing attention to aspects of the politics of knowledge that have often been overlooked in this genre.

List of contents

Foreword 1. Introduction - Cracking foundations, contested futures: post-secondary education in Alberta at the end of the Holocene 2. The academic governance body: what's its role and who decides? 3. Uncollegial governance and the restructuring of the University of Alberta 4. 'Nousferatu': are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities? 5. Beyond public/private: instituting transformations in the plastic university

About the author

Laurie E. Adkin is Professor Emerita of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, where she taught and researched in the fields of comparative politics, environmental studies, and gender studies.

Product details

• Authors: Laurie E. Adkin
• Assisted by: Adkin Laurie E. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032977478
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3297747-8
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Higher education, tertiary education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy