Unmaking The Public University by Christopher Newfield
The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class
A trenchant critique of how public higher education in the United States was transformed over several decades by market-driven policies, declining public funding, and managerial practices that prioritized efficiency, metrics, and revenue generation over teaching and the civic mission. The book traces how these shifts reshaped faculty roles, institutional priorities, and access for working- and middle-class students, arguing that universities have been pushed to mimic corporate behavior, commodify research and credentials, and intensify inequality. It calls for renewed public investment and a reassertion of the university’s democratic and educational responsibilities to counteract the marketizing forces that have hollowed out its public purpose.
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- 2008
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- American
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- English
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