The shifting balance of university power

“The shifts in eco­nomic power are being mirrored in the uni­ver­sity sec­tor, both in edu­ca­tion and research. It’s happened before. The global fin­an­cial crisis has exposed a lot of unfun­ded holes in dif­fer­ent parts of the eco­nomy, and the res­ult­ing cuts and re-prioritisations are affect­ing the ways in which a lot of organ­isa­tions oper­ate. Uni­ver­sit­ies find them­selves unchar­ac­ter­ist­ic­ally in the front line of this process …” (more)

[simondobson.org, 4 May]

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