Austerity blues : fighting for the soul of public higher education /

Austerity blues : fighting for the soul of public higher education /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fabricant, Michael, author.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (310 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Public universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance. Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance. Government aid to higher education -- United States. Federal aid to higher education -- United States. Higher education and state -- United States. College costs -- United States. Student loans -- United States. College costs. Education, Higher -- Finance. Federal aid to higher education. Government aid to higher education. Higher education and state. Public universities and colleges -- Finance. Student loans. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12016952

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Other authors / contributors:	Brier, Stephen, 1946- author.
ISBN:	1421420686 9781421420684 9781421420677 1421420678
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 29, 2016).
Summary:	Public higher education in the postwar era was a key economic and social driver in American life, making college available to millions of working men and women. Since the 1980s, however, government austerity policies and politics have severely reduced public investment in higher education, exacerbating inequality among poor and working-class students of color, as well as part-time faculty. In Austerity Blues, Michael Fabricant and Stephen Brier examine these devastating fiscal retrenchments nationally, focusing closely on New York and California, both of which were leaders in the historic expansion of public higher education in the postwar years and now are at the forefront of austerity measures.--publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Austerity blues : fighting for the soul of public higher education. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2016 310 pages 9781421420677

Table of Contents:

0. Dedication
0. Introduction
I. The\Political-Economic Context of Public Higher Education
1. Public Assets in an Era of Austerity
2. The\State Expansion of Public Higher Education
3. Students and Faculty Take Command
II. The\State of Austerity
4. The\Making of the Neoliberal Public University
5. The\Public University as an Engine for Growing Inequality
6. Technology as a "Magic Bullet" in an Era of Austerity
III. Resistance Efforts and the Fight for Emancipatory Education
7. Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education
0. Epilogue
0. Acknowledgments
0. Notes
0. Bibliography
0. Index