Expanding Our Struggle: Higher Education as a Common Good. Issue 3 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kroik, Polina; Newfield, Marcia; Berry, Joe; Kroik, Polina
• Is Part Of: Working USA. Volume 18:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 457
• Page End: 460
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Labor unions -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; Working class -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor -- United States -- Periodicals; Working class -- United States -- Periodicals; 331
• DOI: 10.1111/wusa.12193
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1089-7011

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>While recognizing the achievements of the adjunct faculty movement, this commentary piece argues for a more radical approach to the struggle for equity. In order to combat the neoliberal privatization or "enclosure" of higher education which underlies the exploitation of faculty and students, faculty activists ought to emphasize the understanding that higher education is a common good, and that such education should be much more accessible and democratic than it has ever been in the past. By making this conceptualization of higher education central to our struggle, we can strengthen our movement and build true solidarity with students and community groups.</p> </abstract>