Contemporary Philosophical Proposals for the University Toward a Phi
This edited collection brings together a robust range of philosophers who offer theoretically and critically informed proposals regarding the aims, policies, and structures of the university. The collection fills a major gap in the landscape of higher edu
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CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL PROPOSALS FOR THE UNIVERSITY Edited by Aaron Stoller and Eli Kramer
Contemporary Philosophical Proposals for the University
Aaron Stoller • Eli Kramer Editors
Contemporary Philosophical Proposals for the University Toward a Philosophy of Higher Education
Editors Aaron Stoller First Year Exerience Colorado College First Year Exerience Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Eli Kramer Department of the Philosophy of Culture, Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw Warsaw, Poland
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For my parents, David and Nancy —A.S. For Joanna —E.K.
Preface
In the USA and abroad, higher education is at a critical juncture. The guiding policies, structures, and concerns of universities and colleges are increasingly being framed and reconstructed by the logic of neoliberalism. While these reform efforts may be couched in the language of innovation, they are designed to do little more than reshape the institution in both the interest and image of industry. Throughout higher education, faculty and administrators are largely paralyzed in the face of these neoliberal reforms. Part of why neoliberalism has gained traction in the university is that scholars across all fields have given up the task of being directly reflective about higher learning. Faculty and administrators have developed neither the critical discourses
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