Thursday, April 23, 7-8:30 pm: Neoliberalism and the University (A Telluride House Faculty Panel)
with Professors Davydd Greenwood (Anthropology) and Pamela Tolbert (Industrial and Labor Relations)
What are the consequences of the neoliberal shift in university organization and governance? What does it mean for students to consider themselves consumers of education, for researchers to be sub-contractors in delivering knowledge to the private and public sectors, and for universities to increasingly fund their activities by selling knowledge and obtaining patents? What other models exist for universities? How can these organizations be held accountable to serving the public good without restraining the quality and freedom of academic research?
Join us for a lively discussion in the intimate space of the Telluride House living room! This panel is the third of four events in our spring event series; check out all four Telluride House spring events. And for directions, click here.
Davydd J. Greenwood is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell University where he has served as a faculty member since 1970. His work centers on action research, political economy, ethnic conflict, community and regional development, the Spanish Basque Country, Spain’s La Mancha region, and the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. He is at work, with his long-time co-author Morten Levin, on a book on the reinvention of the public research university through Action Research.
Pamela Tolbert is Professor and chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior. She is broadly interested in processes of organizational change, the role of organizations in social stratification, and the impact of occupations on organizational structures. Her current research includes studies of the use of tenure systems by higher education organizations, the effects of organizational and occupational demography on career patterns, and the effects of earnings differences within dual-career couples on spousal relationships.
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