Anthropology for whom? Engaging students in the neoliberal academy

The article analyzes students’ engagement in the neoliberal academy. It points to a paradox: while academic institutions set out to produce engaged and motivated students and instil in them a quest for knowledge, their increasingly high tuition fees are creating instead a disengaged student populati...

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Main Author: Jaro Stacul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNICApress 2016-08-01
Series:Anuac
Online Access:https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/2460
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