Take back higher education. Giroux and Susan Searls Giroux, Youth, and the crisis of democracy in the post-Civil Rights Era : race, youth, and the crisis of democracy in the post-Civil Rights Era

At the beginning for the new millennium, higher education is under siege. No longer viewed as a public good, higher education increasingly is besieged by corporate, right-wing and conservative ideologies that want to decouple higher education from its legacy of educating students to be critical and autonomous citizens, imbued with democratic and public values. The greatest danger faced by higher education comes from the focus of global neo-liberalism and the return of educational apartheid. Through the power of racial backlash, the war on youth, deregulation, commercialism, and privatization, neo-liberalism wages a vicious assault on all of those public spheres and goods not controlled by the logic of market relations and profit margins. Take Back Higher Education argues that if higher education is going to meet the challenges of a democratic future, it will have to confront neo-liberalism, racism, and the shredding of the social contract. At The Beginning Of The New Millennium, Higher Education Is Under Attack. No Longer Viewed As A Public Good, It Is Besieged By Corporations, The Right-wing, And Neoconservatives Who Seek To Decouple Higher Education From Its Legacy Of Educating Students To Be Critical And Autonomous Citizens Imbued With Democratic And Public Values. In This New Book, Giroux And Giroux Argue That If Higher Education Is Going To Meet The Challenges Of A Democratic Future, It Will Have To Confront Neoliberalism, Racism, And The Shredding Of The Social Contract. In Part, This Means Reclaiming Education As Crucial To The Project Of Democratization And Viewing Equality And Social Justice As Fundamental To Civic Education. It Also Means Providing The Conditions For Educators To Become Public Intellectuals Actively Working To Link Their Teaching To Broader Social Issues Aimed At Constructing A New, Inclusive, Democratic Social Order.--jacket. Introduction : Why Taking Back Higher Education Matters -- Pt. 1: Pedagogy And The Promise Of Democracy In The University. The Post-9/11 University And The Project Of Democracy -- Academic Culture, Intellectual Courage, And The Crisis Of Politics In An Era Of Permanent War -- Cultural Studies And Critical Pedagogy In The Academy -- Pt. 2: Higher Education And The Politics Of Race. Race, Rhetoric, And The Contest Over Civic Education -- The Return Of The Ivory Tower : Black Educational Exclusion In The Post-civil Rights Era -- Pt. 3: Incorporating Education And Shredding The Social Contract. Youth, Higher Education, And The Breaking Of The Social Contract : Toward The Possibility Of A Democratic Future -- Neoliberalism Goes To College : Higher Education In The New Economy. Henry A. Giroux And Susan Searls Giroux. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [287]-315) And Index. At the Beginning of the New millennium, higher education is under attack. No longer viewed as a public good, it is besieged by corporations, the right-wing, and neconservatives who seek to decouple higher education from its legacy of educating students to be critical and autonomous citizens imbued with democratic and public values. The greatest danger faced by higher education comes from the forces of global neoliberalism and the return of educational apartheid. Through the power of racial backlash, the war on youth, deregulation, commercialism, and privatization, neoliberalism wages a vicious assault on all of those public spheres and goods not controlled by the logic of market relations and profit margins. In this groundbreaking new book, Giroux and Giroux argue that if higher education is going to meet the challenges of a democratic future, it will have to confront neoliberalism, racism, and the shreadding of the social contract. In part, this means reclaiming education as crucial to the project of democratization and viewing equality and social justice as fundamental to civic education. It also means providing the conditions for educators to become public intellectuals actively working to link their teaching to broader social issues aimed at constructing a new, inclusive, democratic social order. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction: Why Taking Back Higher Education Matters......Page 12 Part I Pedagogy and the Promise of Democracy in the University......Page 24 1 The Post-9/11 University and the Project of Democracy......Page 26 2 Academic Culture, Intellectual Courage, and the Crisis of Politics in an Era of Permanent War......Page 64 3 Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogy in the Academy......Page 100 Part II Higher Education and the Politics of Race......Page 138 4 Race, Rhetoric, and the Contest over Civic Education......Page 140 5 The Return of the Ivory Tower: Black Educational Exclusion in the Post–Civil Rights Era......Page 180 Part III Incorporating Education and Shredding the Social Contract......Page 226 6 Youth, Higher Education, and the Breaking of the Social Contract: Toward the Possibility of a Democratic Future......Page 228 7 Neoliberalism Goes to College: Higher Education in the New Economy......Page 260 Notes......Page 298 B......Page 328 C......Page 329 F......Page 330 I......Page 331 M......Page 332 P......Page 333 T......Page 334 Z......Page 335 Cover 1 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction: Why Taking Back Higher Education Matters 12 Part I Pedagogy and the Promise of Democracy in the University 24 1 The Post-9/11 University and the Project of Democracy 26 2 Academic Culture, Intellectual Courage, and the Crisis of Politics in an Era of Permanent War 64 3 Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogy in the Academy 100 Part II Higher Education and the Politics of Race 138 4 Race, Rhetoric, and the Contest over Civic Education 140 5 The Return of the Ivory Tower: Black Educational Exclusion in the Post–Civil Rights Era 180 Part III Incorporating Education and Shredding the Social Contract 226 6 Youth, Higher Education, and the Breaking of the Social Contract: Toward the Possibility of a Democratic Future 228 7 Neoliberalism Goes to College: Higher Education in the New Economy 260 Notes 298 Index 328 A 328 B 328 C 329 D 330 E 330 F 330 G 331 H 331 I 331 J 332 K 332 L 332 M 332 N 333 O 333 P 333 Q 334 R 334 S 334 T 334 U 335 V 335 W 335 Y 335 Z 335 Higher education is under siege. No longer viewed as a public good, it is attacked by businesses who want to refashion institutions in the image of the marketplace. Higher education is the target of cultural conservatives who have undermined academic freedom and access by deriding the academy as a hotbed of left-multicultural-radicalism and anti-Americanism. The historic mission to educate students as citizens motivated by democratic values is overshadowed by profit margins. Giroux and Giroux argue that the greatest danger faced by higher education comes from corporatization and educational apartheid. If higher education is to meet the challenges of a democratic future, it must encourage students to be critical thinkers and citizens, as it vouchsafes conditions for educators to produce scholarship in the service of an inclusive democracy.