Academy of the Oppressed by Troy Heffernan - 9781804553176

Name: Academy of the Oppressed by Troy Heffernan - 9781804553176
Brand: Emerald Publishing Limited

Emerald Publishing Limited

Academy of the OppressedPaulo Freire and How Academics Lost Control of the University\nAuthor(s): Troy Heffernan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Emerald Publishing Limited\nISBN-13: 9781804553176, 978-1804553176\nSynopsis\nThere is a need for constant assessment of an ever-changing leadership landscape, especially in universities, as we move towards the mid-twenty-first century. Decades of university reform has turned higher education into a system of corporate universities led by millionaire executive teams who are accountable to each other, university boards and senates, and governments, but rarely students or academics with academics being the most disposable component of the equation.\n\nAcademy of the Oppressed approaches potential university reform as a system that has gone far beyond institutions being for scholars, led by scholars, driven by the creation and dissemination of knowledge, and separated from the influence of gov.