Title |
The Academic Manifesto: From an Occupied to a Public University
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Published in |
Minerva, April 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/s11024-015-9270-9 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Willem Halffman, Hans Radder |
Abstract |
Universities are occupied by management, a regime obsessed with 'accountability' through measurement, increased competition, efficiency, 'excellence', and misconceived economic salvation. Given the occupation's absurd side-effects, we ask ourselves how management has succeeded in taking over our precious universities. An alternative vision for the academic future consists of a public university, more akin to a socially engaged knowledge commons than to a corporation. We suggest some provocative measures to bring about such a university. However, as management seems impervious to cogent arguments, such changes can only happen if academics take action. Hence, we explore several strategies for a renewed university politics. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 50 | 19% |
Netherlands | 14 | 5% |
Spain | 12 | 5% |
United States | 10 | 4% |
France | 10 | 4% |
Australia | 9 | 3% |
Canada | 9 | 3% |
Mexico | 4 | 2% |
Portugal | 4 | 2% |
Other | 31 | 12% |
Unknown | 107 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 176 | 68% |
Scientists | 70 | 27% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 12 | 5% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
Germany | 3 | 1% |
Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
Portugal | 2 | <1% |
Brazil | 2 | <1% |
Spain | 2 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Czechia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 3 | 1% |
Unknown | 199 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Ph. D. Student | 51 | 23% |
Researcher | 32 | 15% |
Student > Master | 29 | 13% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 22 | 10% |
Professor | 17 | 8% |
Other | 44 | 20% |
Unknown | 25 | 11% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 73 | 33% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 10% |
Arts and Humanities | 17 | 8% |
Philosophy | 12 | 5% |
Computer Science | 8 | 4% |
Other | 55 | 25% |
Unknown | 33 | 15% |