| 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
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 51 | 20% |
| Netherlands | 14 | 5% |
| Spain | 13 | 5% |
| United States | 10 | 4% |
| France | 10 | 4% |
| Australia | 9 | 3% |
| Canada | 9 | 3% |
| Portugal | 4 | 2% |
| Mexico | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 31 | 12% |
| Unknown | 106 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 177 | 68% |
| Scientists | 70 | 27% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 12 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 221 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
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 | 200 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 51 | 23% |
| Researcher | 34 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 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 | 23 | 10% |
| Arts and Humanities | 17 | 8% |
| Philosophy | 11 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 56 | 25% |
| Unknown | 33 | 15% |
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