The Toxic University: Zombie Leadership, Academic Rock Stars and Neoliberal Ideology

by John Smyth

Book Overview

This book considers the detrimental changes that have occurred to the institution of the university, as a result of the withdrawal of state funding and the imposition of neoliberal market reforms on higher education. It argues that universities have lost their way, and are currently drowning in an impenetrable mush of economic babble, spurious spin-offs of zombie economics, management-speak and militaristic-corporate jargon. John Smyth provides a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349958336
• ISBN13: 9781349958337
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"