Universities run for, by, and with the faculty, students and staff: Alternatives to the neoliberal destruction of higher education

Learning and Teaching

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 42-65

  Wright, Susan ^a   Greenwood, Davydd J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial organisations; Cooperatives; Neo Taylorism; Neoliberalism; Public good; Trusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039954765     PISSN: 17552273     EISSN: 17552281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/latiss.2017.100104     Document Type: Article

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