Austerity U
Preparing Students for Precarious Lives

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Publisher:  Socialist Project
Date Written:  29/01/2014
Year Published:  2014  
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX15760

Policy-makers are introducing big changes to university systems under the banner of an austerity agenda. Globally common themes in this agenda include rapid increases in tuition fees, new models of university governance, new ways of teaching, a significant shift in subject matter, an attempt to depoliticize campuses, and major alterations in employment relations.

Subject Headings

• Austerity
• Post-Secondary Education Issues
• Student Issues
• Universities