Decentering the ivory tower of academia / Dianne Ramdeholl, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramdeholl, Dianne.

Series:

New directions for adult and continuing education ; no. 139.

New directions for adult and continuing education ; number 139

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Place of Publication:

Somerset, NJ, USA : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many, the academy has historically represented privilege and intellectual exclusion; for others it has represented an increasingly contested site, as marginalized populations have challenged the myth of the ivory tower being a haven of meritocracy and equal opportunities. Still others persist in viewing universities as a level playing field, a place where people are judged primarily by their ideas and intellectual contributions. Ironically, alongside these charged conversations of exclusivity, privilege, and opportunity has occurred the seduction of the ivory tower by market inter

Contents:

Decentering the Ivory Tower of Academia; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Notes; References; Chapter 1: Knowledge, Power, Hope: Activism, Research, and Social Justice; Why This Issue? Why Now?; The Case of Adult Literacy; Power, Knowledge, and Justice; References; Chapter 2: Decentering and Recentering the Ivory Tower: The Insights and Musings of an Interloper; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 3: Decentering the Ivory Tower: A University of the Poor; A Narrative That Began Before Me; The Evolution of a University of the Poor; Returning to the Ivory Tower; References

Chapter 4: The Illusive Ground Between Town and GownThe University in the Background; Gentrification and the Growth of a University; City Colleges vs. Universidad Popular; A Design for Failure; Free of a Strangling Embrace; The Limits of University/Community Partnerships; Contrasting Approaches; References; Chapter 5: The Turtle's Shell: Protecting the Life Underneath; John Gordon; John Garvey; John Gordon; Peter Kleinbard; Paul Wasserman; John Garvey; John Gordon; Peter Kleinbard; Paul Wasserman; John Garvey; Paul Wasserman; Peter Kleinbard; John Gordon; Conclusion; References

Chapter 6: Two Worlds in One Backpack"Why Are You an Academic?"; Beginnings; Becoming an Academic Political Educator; Turning the Economy on Its Feet; The World of Community Organizing; Traveling Across Divisions; Subverting the Logic of Higher Education; Coming to Closure; References; Chapter 7: Labor Studies: Redefining a College Education; Situating Labor Studies Historically and Politically; Labor Studies and the Occupy Moment; References; Chapter 8: Creating a Community of Women Educated in Literacy; A Snapshot; Interlude: Introducing WE LEARN and Its Origins; Working on a Fertile Edge

Creating Spaces for Women's Learning: The (Net) Working "Un"-ConferenceWE LEARN Empowering Women; References; Chapter 9: What Time Is It on the Clock of the Universe?; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 10, 2013).

ISBN:

1-118-77126-5

1-118-77113-3

OCLC:

895711200