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What Do We Want From Our Higher Education?

The Good University: What Universities Actually Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change by Raewyn Connell

April 11, 2022 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Anyone who works in higher education, or anyone who has or plans to attend higher education, or anyone who lives in a society with higher education in it. In a nutshell: Author Connell explores what universities do, how that has changed, and why that is not great. Worth quoting: “It is vital to recognize that universities and schools themselves are highly active in making inequalities.” “Universities themselves have become increasingly complicit with market ideology.” Why I chose it: I work in higher education […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: higher education, Raewyn Connell

ASKReviews's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: higher education, Raewyn Connell ·
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How to probably not run the English Department at Payne U

The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher

July 7, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Shakespeare Requirement is part sequel, part novel, and part satire of the modern university system as seen from the mostly inside. This is one of those books that’s supposed to be fiction, but a lot of it realistic to the point of being a little scary. If you haven’t read the first novel featuring Jason Fitger (Dear Committee Members), you really should as it’s funny (especially if you have ever been to college or work at one) and it introduces his character. The Shakespeare […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: academic satire, english department, higher education, Julie Schumacher, Satire, the shakespeare requirement, university fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:49 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: academic satire, english department, higher education, Julie Schumacher, Satire, the shakespeare requirement, university fiction ·
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