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. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Why Taking Back Higher Education Matters....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 The Post-9/11 University and the Project of Democracy....Pages 15-51 Academic Culture, Intellectual Courage, and the Crisis of Politics in an Era of Permanent War....Pages 53-87 Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogy in the Academy....Pages 89-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Race, Rhetoric, and the Contest over Civic Education....Pages 129-167 The Return of the Ivory Tower: Black Educational Exclusion in the Post-Civil Rights Era....Pages 169-214 Front Matter....Pages 215-215 Youth, Higher Education, and the Breaking of the Social Contract: Toward the Possibility of a Democratic Future....Pages 217-248 Neoliberalism Goes to College: Higher Education in the New Economy....Pages 249-285 Back Matter....Pages 287-324