Krause, Monika 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8699-5496 and Palm, Michael
(2008)
Activists into organizers: how to work with your colleagues to build power in graduate school.
In: Krause, Monika, Nolan, Mary, Palm, Michael and Ross, Andrew, (eds.)
The University Against Itself: The NYU Strike and the Future of the Academic Workplace.
Temple University Press, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 224-231.
Abstract
During the last two decades, many U.S. universities have restructured themselves to operate more like corporations. Nowhere has this process been more dramatic than at New York University, often touted as an exemplar of the "corporate university." Over the same period, an academic labor movement has arisen in response to this restructuring. Using the unprecedented 2005 strike by the graduate student union at NYU as a springboard, The University Against Itself provides a brief history of labor organizing on American campuses, analyzes the state of academic labor today, and speculates about how the university workplace may evolve for employees. All of the contributors were either participants in the NYU strike-graduate students, faculty, and organizers-or are nationally-recognized writers on academic labor. They are deeply troubled by the ramifications of corporatizing universities. Here they spell out their concerns, offering lessons from one historic strike as well as cautions about the future of all universities. Contributors include: Stanley Aronowitz, Barbara Bowen, Miabi Chatterji, Maggie Clinton, Andrew Cornell, Ashley Dawson, Stephen Duncombe, Steve Fletcher, Greg Grandin, Adam Green, Kitty Krupat, Gordon Lafer, Natasha Lightfoot, Micki McGee, Sarah Nash, Cary Nelson, Matthew Osypowski, Ed Ott, Ellen Schrecker, Naomi Schiller, Sherene Seikaly, Susan Valentine, and the editors.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://www.temple.edu/tempress/index.html |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Temple University Press |
| Divisions: | Sociology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2016 12:59 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 04:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68356 |
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