The University Against Itself : the NYU Strike and the Future of the Academic Workplace

Review "A terrific book on an important topic, The University Against Itself offers a rich mixture of on-the-ground activist immediacy and the deep insights of scholars in multiple disciplines who have studied these developments for years. The authors place what looks like a small story into a national, even global context of aggressive neoliberal capitalism, showing the connections between NYU's story and the largest of disturbing trends." -- Dana Frank, University of California, Santa Cruz Product Description The essays in this book, written by people involved either involved in the strike (graduate students, faculty, organizers) or who are nationally recognized writers on academic labor, offers lessons on what the GSOC strike says about the current role of the university in public life, and how the pressure for universities to realign themselves along the lines of private corporations has broad implications for the future of higher education. About the Author Monika Krause is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at New York University. Mary Nolan is professor of history at New York University.Michael Palm is completing his PhD in the American Studies program at NYU. Andrew Ross is Professor of American Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University and author of Fast Boat To China, Low Pay, High Profile, and No-Collar.