The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy
This commentary discusses graduate student perspectives on the disjuncture between the neoliberal framing of value as pursuit of economic profit and the academic community’s pursuit of knowledge. Declining opportunities and the devaluing of different frames of knowledge and practice in the academy s...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
UNICApress
2017-07-01
|
| Series: | Anuac |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/2984 |
| _version_ | 1797705731005218816 |
|---|---|
| author | Alexis M. Jordan Shaheen M. Christie |
| author_facet | Alexis M. Jordan Shaheen M. Christie |
| author_sort | Alexis M. Jordan |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This commentary discusses graduate student perspectives on the disjuncture between the neoliberal framing of value as pursuit of economic profit and the academic community’s pursuit of knowledge. Declining opportunities and the devaluing of different frames of knowledge and practice in the academy suppress graduate students’ ability to contribute to their chosen fields of study and to create value in novel ways. Our participation as graduate students in the academic community, including organizations such as American Association of University Professors, has been instrumental in articulating the interconnectedness of the systemic consequences that the neoliberal constitution of value has on the campus and community. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-12T05:40:43Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9d79221b6ac54cb88a2deccbe3b2cb31 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2239-625X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-12T05:40:43Z |
| publishDate | 2017-07-01 |
| publisher | UNICApress |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Anuac |
| spelling | doaj.art-9d79221b6ac54cb88a2deccbe3b2cb312023-09-03T06:06:32ZengUNICApressAnuac2239-625X2017-07-016110.7340/anuac2239-625X-29842108The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academyAlexis M. Jordan0Shaheen M. Christie1University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United StatesThis commentary discusses graduate student perspectives on the disjuncture between the neoliberal framing of value as pursuit of economic profit and the academic community’s pursuit of knowledge. Declining opportunities and the devaluing of different frames of knowledge and practice in the academy suppress graduate students’ ability to contribute to their chosen fields of study and to create value in novel ways. Our participation as graduate students in the academic community, including organizations such as American Association of University Professors, has been instrumental in articulating the interconnectedness of the systemic consequences that the neoliberal constitution of value has on the campus and community.https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/2984 |
| spellingShingle | Alexis M. Jordan Shaheen M. Christie The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy Anuac |
| title | The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy |
| title_full | The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy |
| title_fullStr | The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy |
| title_short | The graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy |
| title_sort | graduate student experience in the neoliberal academy |
| url | https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/2984 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT alexismjordan thegraduatestudentexperienceintheneoliberalacademy AT shaheenmchristie thegraduatestudentexperienceintheneoliberalacademy AT alexismjordan graduatestudentexperienceintheneoliberalacademy AT shaheenmchristie graduatestudentexperienceintheneoliberalacademy |