Higher education for democracy : the role of the university in civil society / William G. Tierney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tierney, William G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Universities and colleges--Political aspects.

Universities and colleges.

Democracy and education.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 299 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]

Summary:

Uses a cross-national comparison of Los Angeles, New Delhi, and Hong Kong to develop strategies universities should employ to strengthen democracy and resist fascism.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Their Discontents

Considering Globalization and Neoliberalism

Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Education

The Rise of Populism and the Attack on Democracy

Inequality

Privatization

Identity

Academic Freedom

The Public Good

The Logic of the Locations

Los Angeles

New Delhi

Hong Kong

Organizing the Text

2 The Democratic Imperative of Higher Education

The University in Crisis: Hegemony, Legitimacy, and Autonomy

Hegemony

Legitimacy

Autonomy

Understanding the Strategic Framework of Globalization and Neoliberalism

The "Mercantilization" of the Academy

Rethinking Democracy

Higher Education's Conflicted Role in Advancing Democracy

Understanding the Environment for Democracy in Three Cities: The Value of Keeping One's Head Low in Hong Kong

The Enduring Struggle for Identity in New Delhi

Higher Education in the "City of Dreams"-Los Angeles

Whither the Democratic Imperative?

3 Identity Matters

Communities of Difference

Building an Ethic of Responsibility in the Twenty-First-Century University

How We Got Here: Reconsidering Critical Theory and Postmodernism

Developing a Community of Difference

4 Understanding Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus

What Counts as Knowledge

Academic Freedom in Context

Hong Kong and the Threat to Academic Freedom

New Delhi: Kashmir, Texts, and Movies and the Undermining of Academic Freedom

Los Angeles: Make America Great Again (or Not)

What Academic Freedom Is Not

Autonomy Is Not Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Does Not Afford the Academic to Speak on Any Topic in the Classroom

Academic Freedom Does Not Short-Circuit Peer Review and Full Disclosure

Academic Freedom Is Not (Necessarily) Free Speech.

The Interplay of Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus

External Speakers to the Campus

Internal Speakers from the Campus

Trigger Warnings and Microaggressions

The Holocaust and Pizza Parlors

Settled Science, but Still Contentious

Not Settled Social Science and Contentious

Not Settled Science or Social Science and Contentious

Neither Science or Social Science, Nor Verifiable

Academic Responsibility: Creating Safe Spaces for Unsafe Dialogue

5 Understanding What Modern Universities Do: Goods and Services

Traditional Notions of the Public Good

Public Goods

Higher Education as a Public Good

Globalization and Neoliberalism's Impact on the Public Good

Explaining (and Ranking) What the Modern University Does (and Why)

Rethinking Research

Rethinking Teaching

Rethinking Service

6 Academic Competencies for the Twenty-First Century

The World of Work

The Work of the Citizen

Recognize the Intellectual Role of Limiting Human Suffering

Move Toward Access and Away From Merit

Emphasize Translational Learning

Acknowledge the Structural Constraints of Race, Class, Gender, and Caste

Foster an Ecology of Knowledge

Acknowledge Moral Responsibility

Affirm the University's Central Role in Advancing Democracy

The Work of the Academic

Clarify Authoritative Knowledge

Embrace Knowledge Diffusion

Interrogate Racial and Gender Identities

Reaffirm the Import of Global Knowledge

Establish Critical Reflexivity

Accept the University as a Locus of Informed Debate That Stimulates Action

7 Academic Responsibility: Toward a Cultural Politics of Integrity

Globalization and Neoliberalism Revisited

Assumptions Deriving from Globalization

Globalization as Destiny

We Are Observers of Our Lives

Universities Are Enablers.

Neoliberalism Is the Only Viable Interpretive Framework

Temporal Acceleration

Constrained Notions of the Public Good and Identity

The Aging of Academic Ideas

Disenabling the Academic Ability to Speak Truth to Power

A Framework for Action

For the Student

Recognize that Jobs and Work in the Post-COVID-19 New Economy Matter

One Size Does Not Fit All: Honor Difference

Training and Engagement Matter

Know What You are Getting Into

For the Academic

Understand the Four Cultures of the Faculty

Teach to the Student

Acknowledge the Corrupting Influence of Nonengagement

Recognize the Responsibility of the Public Intellectual

The Democratic Imperative for Colleges and Universities

Define Civil Society

Work on Ensuring Free and Fair Elections

Enable Voter Participation and Dismantle Voter Suppression of Students

Make Equity a Central Value and Goal

Work Across the Globe for Democratic Engagement

Encourage Civil Resistance-and Prepare for the Consequences

Act as We Want Citizens to Act: Model Behaviors and Provide Training

Build Trust

Play the Long Game

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Tierney, William G. Higher education for democracy.

ISBN:

9781438484518

1438484518

OCLC:

1258220164