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Open universities: between radical promise and market reality

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As Giroux (1984) argues, education is never neutral; it can operate as both a potential site for fostering critical consciousness and resistance and a mechanism for reproducing systems of social control and domination. This struggle over education is central to the survival of democracy.

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Effect of Institutional Autonomy on Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions in Ghana

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In some countries, universities have been subject to government control, with appointments and administrative positions influenced by political interests, leading to violations of academic autonomy and freedom. How does corporate governance affect the relationship between institutional autonomy and academic freedom?

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How College Transforms Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Terenzini’s How College Affects Students (originally published in 1991 and revised in 2005 and updated in 2016 by Matthew J. Astin’s Four Critical Years: Effects of College on Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge (1977) and its sequel What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited (1993), and Ernest T. Mayhew, Alyssa N.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In July, Tribal Colleges and Universities, which was established in 1968, affirmed its mission to sustain and educate on issues of tribal sovereignty, the ability of each tribal nation to govern and represent itself. In 2005, the publication broadened its focus, becoming Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gay previously served in several roles at the school, including the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, dean of social science, professor of government, and professor of African and African American Studies. She holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford and a Ph.D. 2, at age 81. Georgia Clark Sadler, the U.S.