From Neoliberal to Authoritarian: The New Playbook of Higher Education
Noëlle McAfee
Neoliberal politics and tactics have come to be signature themes in higher education over the past 40 years, accompanied by the steady decimation of one of its pillars: shared governance. But of late something new seems to be afoot. Anyone watching the news this past spring could hardly avoid images of police in full riot gear descending on student protesters. Is this a reversal of neoliberalism or a new chapter in it?