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Unmaking the Public University ‘The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Clas Christopher Newfield Harvard Univer Pes Cantidge Meshes andoe Eagnd ‘art 089 Cap ov ‘gine ey npr are tins wel cher ming eee ty arme ene aps vs faintest ‘lasing Comte Node dete Ss Stet Sete ‘Tothe many who have bult—and fought for — public higher education Contents Ineroduction 1.The Meaning of « Majritaian Society 1 The Thre Criss andthe Mass Middle Clas 2 Decaratons of Independence ‘Inventing PC: The War on Equality 3 The Discreingo Soil Equality | The Market Substitute for Cultural Knowledge 5 From Afimative Acton tothe New Ezonomy 6 The Bate for Meritocracy 17 Divessiyin the Age of Prewdoinegaton ML Market Sebsttutes for General Development 1 Facing he Krowiodge Managers 9 nglishs Market Retreat 10 The Costs of Accounting 11 TheProblem with Privatization 139 a B 15 “The Flue of Market Measures Hiding Calture’ Conexion Ha Suffocated Reforms IV. The New War— and After The Blame Actdernia Crowd: Culture War After 991 Conelsion: Power ofthe 10 Percent Apa Flas ofthe Liberal Bias” Campaign Notes Adenowledgments Ide 195 20 2 am ‘Unmaking the Public University Introduction Daring the early 19%, Cabfoniss tate government decided wo salve revenue shontlls with progam cus, and 2 a result the sat’ four year public universes ot abou 2 ts of the per tude publ support in "hespacef thee yeu. At the same tine the sat’ highAech, white-collar inka booed by inftary seropece—wa Joking a+ though it ‘would pve gun be big enough to support California’ famous aluent Iridl clae. The Republican goteror ad engeed his suburban suppor ‘by sng nts bad red owe cial wedge asus to dre them Tot his way As his ampaigs agaast immigration and afemative action est ps and the economy ered the case middle as nttationthe pulic university tok its biggest budge hits since te Gest Depression In ‘the midst of whar seemed o man k general instittcnal dene, Univer Sty of Cafraia (UC) students on two campases sought more esures for their Chicano Studies department by aging hunger sis. The ze of hse pots was mite by comparison to te sate’ prob lens and the alec i eeryey pits The hanger starsat UC Los ‘Angeles (UCLA) in 1993 and at UC Santa Horbara (UCSB) in 1984—ere ‘alin nuke tras ite mediation, aod ad pata os 0 Taino seen did ot ryto understand From he use he hunger seks ‘ould dss as ypical examples cf ethic separa faded by pital comectes which asthe Kind of activity that conserva ile opi ‘nl amps, biased lastooms reduced earning and he depreciation of ‘ unifod Ameian culture acted in Exopean ciation Ben sympa es doubt hat theses fad picked the ea or a th smote Chicano Studies fly 2 PRD progr merited a Me-destenng straegy normally provoked by others uacppoabl tte oppessen Inthe 2 tumdaton pig of 1994 the camp for Proposition 187 was doing very wall, an ‘Bren that this ropston sagt deny pai edcason undocumented feign some ttt he Chicano Studies department growth pan war ‘Grain ea he ger bt, At UCSB the perstnt ral encampment in hnt ofthe administration buliog seed 150 ral to bother MONS, {remnanc f an arene that ymin wuld ade ay "The tnah was ater feet Many ort of he strike Supporters wee fist geceraon college tudes theres immigrant or he cikren of Sgr They ha worked to geioto a poe vescarch univers and though ter fais were often res the factories an the felde—peraps Beene de fais were foe there—hee Sudens were demanding re sources or mae academic serch. Though the sik supporters were pat tf a gecrton tat eupponsdy went to cll only so they end eae more money they waned help change the unversty wo ft beter with public ‘pe The med they knifed wa for more esearch inocula and sca ‘ouer—for clara poll, and economic wide that wold hotoverock or be bits gine Latino communis! "Ths smal protests insted onthe principles that had been etal 10 thers of the public university 2» dyaticinstiaton in US. sce. Te Fico these was broad sacl cairns, ere expresied by the ies that Latino ecu ad wcia ile shoud wero the same top level of sty fn aining-—to ste’ and doctoral degens— that was aable for the ‘ody of Beis or Spanish ure. The second wat anew kind of meio ‘acy in whic acurte knee wa compa wth, ae fen deer ‘ca, dec action on istatoas that created sod applied know. The third was thar edcational need should dictate badges ad tthe tier way atound-—thstedacatiooal development shoul not be deer. ‘ined by the lang series of economic cries thatthe tae’ ender ad man ‘ged to produce By the 190 these thre principles were no longer central ‘ough to univenity cute to naa a resi recluion “The term “mle cin this books bile shorthand foe “alege- fia] expan the capers to ome, appli egress of what Social cls the td come foro eur 0, The mide cass whose rollbacks ny subject composed of Chicano bunge strikes the ciliren| (Of blue-collar and serve worker, of low-ncome sopkeepery—the full {ange of vocoecnomc pons ond family incomes who have had on Aecoducion 3 ‘ac withhighr ection case he pubic university stem a wat bl oughou the went cet. do no ae he te “mie sn this od way to pot he Americ myth ht the whole sce ills To the ory. the ride ci being reduced ad ing on cole acted {ember to gut decining ge semi sr the ‘emer majny fhe option wos contact wth oege wa ie ‘rover withthe mins ane plicaly omer ht his op ry wove lcrenting work crooner the abit lead ‘song and infil in wich pened and cece cl deve ‘pm vance side by ede In common age," cbs bona smtp forte webu bt earl ber dept ison for which mid case athe repeal, tent ocala ‘Be ace Ths von war fl political eco a earl ape {iy dat weld be tn rach of ore of Ise eveyone tough ict cshcton a eae pb svices “Thi uniryng io as brn ude sau sine the 197 The a sak began in ext just a he Ameria mide cs a artigo ‘eve malic and 5 plc wives were moving with ineeing _peed toward mang acl grin Thisbok ls he story the ‘Suits dene sles fhe ager vio that he al ed 2d yet aly aed drt "merce high caton igly sveetthe weabiet private un sere can sen en tine 2s mc pe tae cna oye ab verity 1 dacs hi quinone deal bt inthe coment f {since type pubic unis tht ned to vecome this striction ‘hin he iis he American soil stem. That ype has en the abl sec unset np of quer aan about Son itsoght to combine ctu acer withthe ight ean teching and recy and scm al quay 5 nt only eamputle ‘hs refund way ently enfoang Tachi sce i which the dhughter of he arihoke Gs and the sos ofthe ato by shops ‘would yh Pater winne, the roetch unites had eco unten ste ad thea move eh of et emp od the spt of mrs ad gully tat Bad es at as posal sched thir dot Sogn. “Thi van was the pros fhe conor "gor og” ht flowed hc htt addr the Gea Depend Word War 4 toowduton 11s defn hy snasive public works and peli subside instal developmen in North Ameica, pun, and Brope. Kwan propeled by widespread social active and the various cil rights movements iat Sought universal acest tides social develope Thi tion of o- ‘elope could ot be edaced to growth or increased living tarda but ‘eos to be defined bya peop the acti proces of Saping thir dese “reams eres, terpersceal elon, an coletve gals This vison of bby Rando social development rete athe eaten ofthe fist mass ‘idle cas in the United Stes middle cas that incuded blue-collar production worker, onion’ erie workers, pubicsecor employees {hd members of contruction dest name jut 2 ew ofthe group that ‘wee enjoying te most egalitarian acs to prosperity in recorded history. Tn the econonily amore cfu decades tha ellowed—the period that begin inthe late 1970 and that | over inthis book—the working as potions ofthe ss idle classed theft wave of deindustr ‘isin, Their white-cl cousies did litle to help them, an to the Contrary wied the college degre as 2 dividing Hae betwen thse who rou succeed inthe new postal economy an tho who, cing {he appropiate cage credetak, woul and should fu. Readers with a Kaowledge of history wil in out that hiss what he middle dae arye does othe working aI uss the vast muses of ‘working people for olialeverage against hese elites and yt a 000 “itcan bod wit hove ete t amp the working ase Inthe 1980 the ‘oles educated mile class inthe Unted States betrayed sci ma- Jority usa is predecessor do ake oe example after the creation of| the Second Repulicin Franc n 1848, when he bourse ured agains the nitional workshops and worker movements that had made the mew ‘ble pone: Drawing class boundaries did not work this ine around. Inthe 19% andthe few decade of th 200s, large-scale Inofs spread frocn the bluecllr workforce t0 become routine among white-collar safer and manage. "Th trajectory how why the public university has such ret historical importance: The public wniventy was the inion where blue and rite ol chilren ofboth worked managers ciszens every racial eckground wee bing invited into a nied joy. As thee normally cppoted claus came together thy might outnumber ae outhiak wad ‘Sonal elie in so doing they cold take ovr the een of society (Ofcourse this creation of factional midle-and workings jority never quite appcned Dat twas ature repeat foretold and imagine, ‘alae, ad achieved er and there. Trogon this proces he pubic “niverity wa threw majority principal workabop Nols mportanty, the specter of hs muitiac, worker incre majority formed not clusvly bu infuemally through higher eduction —motvaed twenty five years of conertive stacks on the annerty and is emergig. inchs, brs mide dass. nthe 1980s it soemed to many tht economic deline would be ited to the blve-olar employees inthe economic sco ke ste that were cet ‘vulnerable to inertonal price campettin. By the year 200 this deine ad spread to inde the rsjorty of he popeatio: sme extimas sa ‘gee that as much a four fis of the oer workdoree bad seen mo crease in veal wager sce the Late 1970: One sty foun ha beeen 1966 and 207, "ony the tp 10 percent ofthe ince dstrnaion enone Tincane grow) eul to or above the average ate of econo wide po- uct growth? Although the United Sees wae supposed wo be 3 Fal- fedged “knowledge economy” it was increasingly "winner heal.” Bre colle rahi incomes were eating to sagiste, and rel icone ‘acres weat to 2 ny minority: “the ep ane-tenh of one percent ofthe income dation ened ax mich ofthe reo 1997-2007 gain in wage and Salary income as tbe bottom 50 percent Its turned out that the ‘incest epson allege eduction bas coincided with the deine of | ‘middle-casea wel a of Bisel, wong forties. ‘Most obser have been reactant to lane middle das economic sugzatoa on US. economic policy thy point to inverse changes in the global economy and note hat no American government bas explicitly sexght to lower mide-clas living standards. But given the comple of| ‘matern economic, no imeramen wouk! need to attack the ne cas openly to downgrade and reduce it Mote roundaboxt methods woul work just as weber in fay snce hey arouse les opposition Ln this book | gue hac this precy what has happened To oversimplify somewhat. nerve ites wo had been threnened by the postwar rise of the allege eacated economic majority have pu that majority bck in ts ‘Pace. The undaou weapon has ben he cle war om higher ed ‘tion in general nd on progressive cultural ends inthe pubic utters tiesthat rested efeachie the ase middleclass 6 tmmdicton 1 Unmaking the Pubic Unversity, show tat the calare wars have o- {cided with the mors economic dine forthe imple reson that these wars propelled the dette by reducing the public impotence and ‘economic dams of the Americas usversty and its graduates, While most ‘Sonmeataors have een the cutie wars ara draction from eanomics 1 chow tat the cute war were ecooomic was. They sought to rece the economies of thei tart groop-the grag college educated rmajorty_by dsreig he clr frmiowrk that ha Been empow= ‘ring that group. This target group waste provide she postindstiaecon- ‘omy and its descendant. the "Now Bannon withthe koowlege workers Con which ts prodhctity and adaptability depended. The culture wars is ‘redid the cultural conditions of the politcal and economic ascent of these colegeeducted, middle dass workers. The cure war Srateey asa Kind of ineleeial neatron herb, edn te soca and cultural fourstions of «growing, plticlly powerful, economically ened, and racialy diving mile das wile leaving its echnical capacities “The cry meri inthe present volume cover the pid in which cmn- mentors were describing the country’ shift from am indi 10 3 postindtal cone) and i overlaps in tne with the end of my previ ‘us volume oo higher education, fy and Indus. That book described the ‘meanings of the versity onda saci and traced a hundred years of efor dent the vale of cura olde incarnated i ar ‘ous forms of humesim—ia ight of the superior authority of technoog ‘land manager thinking. The focus of that volume was the eo el- ‘ral capabilities hat the university intl i the generations tht t sent of iat the word. One veal form of cual apa in the india ‘economy was the combination of procedures and sesblites we cll ro- ‘esionasra which analyzed ata type of craft abort enabled both ative independence and large-scale organization Ie ihard o overstate the economic value of the Kinds of professional and ineletl indepen ence that came oot of nivestes and that could sini individual gency eve in large ganizations in cenjuneson with ima apis ‘smongbiue cla woekes This independence undereote the may waves ‘ot hnowinigeecencmis that sept the United Stats nd Earope through ‘ut the twentieth entry Profesional bor ao manage to protec if Inwoduetion 7 with pod salar, working conditions, bends, nd security that were not rnerally avaible to belle workers and these maintain the white alla beef ht capaism could ful ae deveop atleast some of ts ‘workers. The economic importance of profesional craft bor abo eleva ‘1 the isttuton that created ad groomed this labor—the university fry ‘and Indy explored the economic aswell the carl fameworks hat this univery- mide labor proves "That try cade the xl 19805 he forces shaping te’ univer siy were ptering sengh. Economic devlopmentsevce to math shee, pois, and growth—as looming ager in univers decision mak Ings and I dscoed evel ways in whch he humane Gels Jost cont dence i the university mision they sponsored moet particulary in one ‘major goal of undergraduate Iumritesistewction: intl capacity {or individ agancy that allowed fr sl governed human devon ren within complex isitions. Such development weat wall beyond {gowth and technological improvement, volved active and calaboratve Droceses of self-definition, ad thus ncedd ite ewn gale and standards ‘et these were citer weakly adoeated or eld by simpler connie goss The oucome vas something lke an agrocy ess, combinaton ofa ‘akin and a mek socialization tt ade t hardest arti Ee objectives dees and activites er than those that adapted tire economic pressures, ‘When the rst lang wave of thinking aout potindrinl socety ace in the 19505 and 190s in the writings of eunamiss and secoogits he David Rican, Richard Nelson, Kenneth Arrow, Fo: Machlup, Cl Ker, Gary Becker, Joho Kenneth Gabrath, Daniel Bell, ard Willan ‘Way, it azew on the periods concerns about the excesive oer ducted end conformity ofthe ne “organization tan” Pay in we ‘pons to thi nd pari Saed bythe great expectations or soit inthe Peri, he writers of he 16s and ety 197s took fr granted hepsi ‘ence of majrtaran economics and the vale of roezonomic Fors a >uman development. These cosy rated idea pervade tect of he tie. California governor Edmund Pa Brow, is 1963 inaugural ac hes decared,“Throwgh the turmoil of changs and sometimes chaos, Cal- irnians have ressed on ward the good socety not forthe few, not fr the many brfor al” He contin “Weare here o prove that ciation hich can cetes machine wo fll job can reste obo fll man “Thissowt of qatar humanixn wa common 10 he Keyan growth policies that dominate American policy aking in dhe period: conc {clopnent led to human developmen, andthe ter shouldbe avaible to-everyoe, Though the worms aol civil ights movements were needed to prove comet defniton of “enone” epialit development wes en aa means tos range of higher ends “The neeich univer len tad ao cexined economic rd none omic gals ad baving completed an anh of the univers preI970 story Tash at the of ae Indy whet in the pos 170s eo’ the conc of hun deopment wo beable epee wit nn ‘ence economic development Wool the university’ public ison rei ‘linc from, ven contre othe private sector’ part of goth ‘and profit otto mention prac monopolies and global dominance? ‘Oa th surface tseemed thatthe univers ands gradastes were sto inert the earth. After al he ter “postion its sucess the New Economy” had no meng case ofthe knowledge econo. The canerporary pti was an rain which, t Dil Bll rot, "iforna tions know” would replace the instil econesny’s dependence fon “apt and bor” 0 the "major siractaral fearres” and sources of| valve? Services wuld naw be nore important then manactring. and cede wold be the crac source of aw value apd compete su ceva. Technological innovation would be te central drier of prosperity fue chang, and woud have to be rapid ad cootinuous.Enomnous moon of financial capil were require, and capital market were be ‘ming increasingly sophisicated partes ia cteating the mew prods sd ae inde that ecology made posible In ths schema information techaclogy and nancial epi depeded {nthe elon uma capital. The formation ofthe cating-ege workfonae cof today and vomortow vasa mate of survival in lal economy. Prac- tial elation war the moit—and for some, the oaly—valable spvernment funded prgra. This eduction had to be techn dapt> ‘ble, and. prhape mos important, espondte to mahet pressures rather than to abstract ites goal Ina markt context, profesional #an- ‘dard could damage the moe adaptive and functional forms of education just x goverment bureaucracy bad, thi view: damaged the ooo "Thooghiberals ke Rebert Reh wed am orsyranston tte New Enon with many soa suppor, apd conservatives ike Gary Becker wate fete tanaitons with no sopperts, aay ll gred tha he re- ‘cement ofan india economy witha knowledge cenoany made i Introduction 9 tence and continuous eduction of central importance and that itn 26t ‘be held back by regulations, wheter frm leptors administrator, or fal tht delayed adaptation vo the new covdions. The trath of this reunion to a posindsrl economy and sot seem confined by the Chnton years wen dow growth in protivity and gros domessie ruc aly gave way 10a boom bd on formation technology bio ‘edicie the laterne,adanced technic frown ws the ‘wols most sary andi loving capital markets. dhe univers sca importance ro trough the 196k and 1980 i sea lapel ar postin isan Its realy por in insnciat ‘apt but rich a human ad knowlege capital It rated the new ch nology and the techoocrate workforce to rin an cotinvceay seve {he New Economy Ipod fee adaptable, innovate workers wo ul thie in a ply changing marke economy by constant opera {ng thir ils ad reatng te ew Value at woul ive thir ompanies the imgpenibe competitive ce, Sdents were o focus on developing ‘he knowles base fo tenors jobs If they were esta avg ‘ey more and more fo the dation, this was not secesary td they tere baying a private ood that would arm thes wo reat he higher in Comes for tere that would alo benef society ava whole Thee sing incomes would allow them repay tha sng tution, ‘And yt this vison ofc univers a8 x privizabe kaowlege factory coincided with ded a the Vision of broadened aces and egalitarian ‘velopment that Ftc in Iya Indu ven thowe wb supported {Ge martetamar” and industyfiedly university rengize that the ‘ible universes democraiing mission was being elie by nancial ‘Scena? Other igs of change appt. The univers edminiraoes ‘2d mach of fcuk became close o indy. Move research Funding ‘came fom industry in leading-edge science and enginceing ils. Public funding wa hap cedaced daring the dowarura ofthe cat 19505 aed ‘ely 200s aucng sharp tuition increases a ites private fund ‘sog. Public universities were influenced by canging busines practices, Indluing the cash-flow evalstion of dividual academic units and the ‘utoureng of many non-core sevice suchas dent dining. which had ome king ef including the rasormation of most student eaters jm midpece shopping mall Is perl iterate hecae moe lpr tanteementsin varies industri tempts to control mse hae some times thoogh product tein apeements and more cataly thrcugh 10 tavoducion fforsto own ant marke thei exiploes intl property to ouside firms Major new inate poli urivesies—buldng construction, Iahoretory faites wee increasingly dependent on piv funds These Aagaip projects rated the university’ prestige ut could alo cost it eset 1850 ulin esac sponsorship ovr fie Yeas might requite a0 equal “rvount fom the univers to bald new fits and hire new personnal ‘Adio atime had to sob Peer teaching budget to ove Pals few research tute whl hoping Mary would gets sina ito sem the defi later on. Rewres were more Hey to ow toward feds hat twee owe enough othe markt to provide a pombe return oa iwest- ‘ent Funding for core fanion and for dhe infasractare wat some- timeshares eo har tecame more common for ler teaching bins tolock ik hey belaged a th thse ofan ron cura from the ne Tabortory ener. This dependence on private Fanling fo the tendency 9 jing: higher ection hes by ts overall corribton tall he for of ‘evelopment personal clara, ail and eccnase—than byt ably to deliver new chology at pln workforce to regional busines. ‘An ately coherent logic dove this Ws: snce the New Univesity ‘woud be jadged by ts economic contribution, and since private enterprise ‘Siow the cretion of economic vale, here was no reason not opiate the university cone fiction tht i, make them more responsive 1 markt forces and busines methods “And yet questions persisted: What ofthe public univers’ aioal ‘and dinctve mision of brad calturl and human devdopmect? What ‘out research on fardanentl scientific quotions with 90 vise com ‘mercial potent What about he puri of compler sociocultural nw- ‘ge top polarized world The ise could be posed subtly, in the Tanguage of canfstence addres to edcatonn and ndsry lar that, ‘xpresed concer about the vaguenesof the modern university miso, ‘ormore stack aby the candoiogis Stauton A Glatz when eto Inside “Higher "The verti aout be secking a dscovery of rah—aned ‘he proteins of sademicfeedom acto protec that proces. Academic frock ist abot money I's bout ee spech and fee thooght" How ‘crews exprewe, te point remained thatthe univers, though oper Tovand serving apa society had to pose methods and goals hat ‘stings fom scity—at east ress financial measures ar no- ties And yet these tincve univers goals were harder and banker o ioe, otrodetion 1 “This brings us bck to this ook’ cre question: why would the univer sity and te ade, the supposed leaders af the knowlege society, he Jes cla and ecoomiclattade—to sy nothing of ifluence—than they ba a in the “ids” socey prior wo 1980 My answer, which 1 layer the flowing pages enter onthe sues ofthe ight inthe cl- ‘are war. The Rights cle warriors dil not openly atack the ecooamie pesto of the middleclass, bt they dd atack the unless. n doing 0, ‘they created the conditions for repeated budget cust the core mile: ‘das inition, More fondamently, hey discredited the eal cond tone of mas-midie-classdewlopmt, downed the infuece of leading ition the university and reduced the socal and polit im pacts knowledge workers overall This book sinned a tale and instil hitory, adit an beread sequel, incade quate sit of detad argumesrtion aboot the taps I cove, sce dey hive became ire inthe word of aston, eric and spin that mark zo much public debate cn conor topics. Reader are abo invited to explore topics of pec interes reer det, sn group tapers tema octet bind frag Part ofthe Book i alled “The Meaning of 2 MajoritaranSocey” It _Sexrbes the vision ofa knowlege sci that presumed both geal de ‘lopment and majority ae deny the rents that he colege-ucaed ‘mile dos be and white-collar si, appeared to pose to traditions forms of economic ad cultral governance. This period is often snc ‘wth 190s forms of actiatbortriania and the scr ofthe ci rights Tmoveren Here svete rete ara of mass minstrem divergence {fom wool busines values aang tat half ofthe enantys younger oop tht wera eat aring college: The appearance ofa majority that ‘we cinoma and intelecrally prepaed to gover the whole oc ‘ve rie tothe coonterreston of the “culture warren” hist, Which Shwe wo hs tothe menber ofthe conservative ofensive against ne ‘academic alsa ores denotes a aaliton onthe Areca Right hat, Tint economic and acl comsrativs al of whom had ressonsto sever nomicdge workers fom dhe cultural conditions that gave them sory ‘ad promamee "ht ory ofthe coustereolton begins in Part I taventiag PC: The War on Eau? This section anazs the el meaning ofthe attacks 00 “pols cormctues* The clare wars took pice through 3 range of ‘ue thecanon wa" aout how mucho ene degen bck thome of tee urine” isthe human sciences andthe place of ‘emis an lela sod gay sui. Dt race elton xed asthe consis ten ting for tacks on central lee of ners "caations inlepeece”—the posit of» ancora equality among tration {iy seaiied rac gouge. hile the ways conservatives defied race ‘cmsciou wal poise ar ncompedle wih markt for, demacracy, pital ony flmtine action an economic fie. The aca politics ‘ofthe Clinton adminisreion over withthe bates boo cal polices in the nies and Tshow how ote vari: pernded many mainstream Uberalstht economic ces tow depend on eplcing (al ao arbi ing) ral eit with enlightened busines practices Profesional sana, ‘became a major polite i th ame pero andthe clare wars all bor datoyed thee that thse aad were fly compatible wih racial ‘quay Finally, show how vers” Hock the old hope tha mire ‘Sl calgeesncatd ppalton woud avoid he steifaion folder mod fs Asa rou al esepepation and econo station now esioy Tenet sanction ar obatae the broad-based ocal dewdopmet ht Td bee eng during the porter period of optim expansoa Part IyeMtetSubwtcaefor General Development” focuses diet ‘on the economic dimension of the extae war 1 examine the commercial ine or "corporate niverty a the tnd that as cme tobe aed ri ‘atzaton. Oe chapter foes onthe wthdraval of pblic money from higher ecaton on he grounds tht ican bereplacal by pete money. how th this ree is erong Ober capt describe the expand ole of university industry partnerships ad of technology taf and indicate thatthe clare wars diorted and cual the inpact of technological ‘iksin ways that thei practiones did not een and did nt sufcethy recognize. As a eit of the pressure find private funding sources fr knowlege creation and ditrbation, public universes became more ‘erred in donor priorities, nancial interes loomed are over academic ‘lanning and lations betwee the university andthe comercial word became more detached fou social interest. The response of many fac ties has fee counterprdactiv aod Hook tthe poeta huss disi- ‘line of EagahItercue se cs a pit Teo show in Put I how privat has distorted the univers accounts thes underestimating the contribute of cultural Bells t the ary ede wt wy The a i matches er sno pe ay ee raed dn rateable ge weed Ester ere ruinee enraiieaa rie aan cate ya ene oe asta cae ee Bee ora ere cement re eta say eccmncoareres a econ ion ar nace eae Seeger rae ae city eat Pat Teo Wa eeprom carga elena waa asec ns tet ann peel eer ce te mectonporauspeey cpa ee ie cece niae arene Sica iyermeacaresiccmap eo ange eae Met aec yc sccnted vt te of ee eee agate easy sciecrd up LE ieceeeobenger een eporatntt ae cava unoemneua SFinne calcio mene Theta cup ne pol ae ole ih pel n eer at seen erepoae Sak pgarrvobe nat wer rrr pene aren erp rnepeeeny mann ee en nine ma pte ten Senay ae apasaralocdeentey Se ents eoegecrunteenenie ema SR ly alee tee pba neon re meena neonentar ti Toreranoy tse tas eae eft teens ‘Tis bok projets moda by 2 quarter century spent in several it erent research nvr, st a2 geadute stat and then 26 M_atrodhction faculty member of diferent ranks My ans ofthe universe i 2 an: ring etempt o understand the combination of cent and fait in the univers’ conribeton to society In this book ake a tes sors like todona American jereiad of deine fom a more noble td nage pact. in the ears jeremind tat pst was pesheps ‘pore eovshoned than actual apd mare a tendency than tration, Bt he ‘sono eral socal development animated much of what was best about tecent Aericen history, fom it unstoppable social movement 0 supe acadernle research, This von unday the core ication for “American wealth: tht weath woald lad oa progres tat would not ‘fe dhe goals and purposes the while sce This ion of univer ‘ena har been puced aide. The absence of this vision has made the sited Stas es meaningful the woud and far more dangerous. "The book also mvt by my concen about the couy’s intel tual and imaginative decline. By the erly 20005 the American ajoiy seemed to hive lst it vision of scety devoted to the developmen and happines ofits members. ging fom mda discourse, we had come 10 elev in economic growth and itll, more mone sad lie die Other ss, particularly coming from other culties an countries. seemed n= ‘resin mysterious and even thieatening ous. Did we til have thecal tural capability to understand itera ad espa postive to woof urls motives, one where shes grow was no longer an environmental ‘option At the oment when we needed thse capacities more than eve ‘ble disease had been polar and dumbed down, both spied nd flied, and we became aston to thinking bout outa terms that resembled propaga: we thought abot aca poicy for years fn terms of “welfare gene” and abot ural iferencethragh clei son fears caled Hip-Hop: Arr Pion” and we were being ake by sme t think of foreign pokey through the es of haan” Te comfonable cases showed habitation, rsctment, am obseion Sith ‘maximum Soancal curs and 3 fais ha dicouraged independ ‘thinkers from fining ad applying new moses “The univer cura son ave dined atthe same tre ede in poles, economics andthe mea hve ont mich of thi capacy 1 ‘eran the wrk! in onecnomic terms 0 ues ura degen 2s ow id of elightenment nd a any case ft ta wil eee b- ‘it to polar economic coon, The it priate univers ht ‘Ply most of thet leader nth nite St ne are malate ot Aneroduction 15, he ger sci than they were in he ds when ci sighand ether sci movers ok pace on thi carapui andthe sae teen apparent inthe public unversy. Te univers’ postwar insight an espace pete uiercion with ise hich cae nee te by ie, the country’s lacie woeking clases. This collaboration raised he prospect of «mide dasethnt rod owrae the ules of pas in ol bration with the woking ass, and on the bass of col: knowl The care wars crf etre the pbc unitersy from this broader te craig the scp both. and encoraging the middle dso lye famiarhstorial oe of abandoving nonce working pepe to the econmy"new inthe hopes of sig Meal alough te top fa tion ofthe predtsonl aod manger css hae been ding very ve hundonmeat of eltarian and Jerocratc impala has descbiion! US. faltre, downgrade the mass mile cass and dered many people tho though the county sonora lat could tand—for nelase a insprng progres, “This book writen for everyme who i sil working on tening both ‘ltr and scenic aomtege toward that end ei for my calla pst al preset fr fcuk and fo eolge and univers student for anyone who believes a V always doin the cenaly of fleedwn of ‘ou te pea of dixon, the progres that isaway ara no ‘ces the init that things an be beter thn he are gt ow — that ‘hey mast be beter, and mt be ofr afar large percentage of he post lation both at home an ero. Tis book Zor press and sade teachers editors al poicians who wrong sume tha ties to nore te ffs of the ulural wars al ge withthe jb of market ‘apttion The book say to them that oct’ well being—wih the ‘eption of asl ner tthe very top lin the opposite direction, with fdppting the cultural foudaone of generat developments much a5 supporting ts tecnologia and ccoomic foundations. Our ability © rove the word forward depends on oer celal capacity. The way for ‘wad show here, stat with ebm the economy tothe mairtaran ‘ural soos hat thik eonomy mis one day serve agai. This restora i wi be fa ore aly if he public university con recover ts se and cea ‘The Meaning of a Majoritarian Society qe ‘The Three Crises and the Mass Middle Class, By 2005 or uit sore imponble to ignore te sense of crs hat bung ovr th American college and unversiy. It had heme hard ose ihe dation aterm other than rs and ardor to capris st tio in other than cris rms, Campuses ad bec abit to wor: Fie alk abou mone, ae the Jess money they had the more the ake Sout it Franca mangement aod fund-raising hod came o donna the daily tes of academic aiministators who used spend morte on ‘progam development. Confirming the sen of cri the ast-datrport ‘ST the Secretary f Education's Comision on the Future of Higher Educa tion "Our yearlong examination of the challenges facing higher ei ‘ation ha brought t0 the Uneasy conlsion that the sector's past ‘taints have led eto unserly complacency abut the ure” Thee ‘wasn fact no complacency on campus ony pervasive concern ‘The Elise of Delopment rani acai wee particularly acted, and carrie a ist of prob lems in their ead. We now work corporate univers, they sll not ‘ier ars nes. Science ws for ale othe highest bide while bums Feld stayed poor for ak of eanehing to sell Enrollment the ibrar [nad never revered fom caer drops they ka, and they watch a ‘inistaors make thei calleges otic vation choos. Academic Prtmets were reed 3 st centers, ae winning Spots coaches cll ‘ake ten tims the salaries of Nobel pie winner. ven the term “eral tte was pow a problem, sine ie made up of two word, "Hera ad “as? ead of which was aspect in sown it. Academia bor policies deserved special mention. Academia had long se ts edna stats to pay non sar employes modes wages CCalleges and universes had genraby opposed wnionzation, as the Jong impaigns saint grads rent unions ats. The vers had increasingly difretted sary sels for difzent ely speciation vehi 3 bidding sytem for tar faulty increas sry spreads within feds As public fds yere cut and oss coninued 1 ese ter than ‘he inflaon rate, universities ofl Kind increasing aed two-term ployment sysiems in which tbe stata, salaries, and working conditions ‘of tenure-track fey were of diferent order than those of temporary imaractors Since 197, the proportion of temporary instrctor-en ‘of who were"permatenps who worked for long periods on shor tem ‘eontact to that of alltime intactors had doubled. ta tera ad ctw std, more than half of undergraduate instruction national was Salvered by “temporary” intrctrs by the yer 2000) The university ‘cea followed prevaing business methods toward redcing labor ‘sts and did ot take Teadehipposon on the principle of good work focal ‘Mazy soars note that i ent decades humanistic Knog had had w contend wth earn commerce in every walk o Americ Iie, American coonmercaism ws of oure aod as America ite and ot in the 190s and itn "New Peano this commer sen to each imo new reas of pblc an priate if The rceaon ofthe ety 190ein- ‘ens awareness of the unverstys dependence on pubic fd. The prratesector boom ofthe her 190s encouraged the university took usin forts rowth opportuni The boom ai eabanced the prestige of busines prescriptions for university il, effered a sock market cure for ‘niowmeat anstes and ensourage! everyone tose nove eae ‘ners a the yt fare prosperity Tithe midst of poner uss lions edoctional problems hat tof could the humanities py As the oveal culture got more commercial wth very passing yeas the are interpretation seemed overhcne by ‘ods mei a eaing de before viewing a colege- ect po ‘le seme exer to give up their poite power nd thir college admins ‘uations to matt forces what are could the humans dciplines ‘make deep and yet idle cooeibtonst ‘One obious are es that of human enn” though that had be- cone once aguin the prove ofthe bioscience inchang tise acid ‘howe Criss andthe Mass Middle Clas 21 ‘with panctecnology! This was a ranshamanist twist on longstanding {rev of enormous interest we coud eal"human develope” a fel hat ‘oveed he occulta ntl nd pevecbolopea factors that ae e- “ire fra forward movement of ky We ca think of human evel- ‘pment acetal shoogh lary undacussed ace of ie eral a. fase: dance, theater, erature, tip, Hm, and ober dca or mally operated on two difiret lees They poveed eshanesd een Donan, tsa copie apbily ht ova at at fre he Tite of oar ont TB} geet imagination of ‘erase ster both iil ae a ak ‘owaniis aot etre Te pl doc ey ch ig det pele Spek an twa pbs ead wa she Teme SSPiSS peace ses of plesarieavacnss Thane human de ‘Cope soem pied esl hy alo poet er ers (wl tt cal om scl adnate cin bing evr oi wl et ya ets woe hepsi pred acted eer lap opment, slit naan conedy sep forename mse cor ‘noluy be Wesrn pore ewe ogee asst trpusonn he humantsan! seal soe Goce ere Insincere a ee Cala enor pptsc obancon vee oe ow nog Seat liogetice One vi expresion of «broad ton of development ‘came fos he Unie Ntioos, Human development aba mich toe tan the rie fil of ational smarmes Its aba cretng an ernment which people an develop ‘he fal poset ae ead productive cate isin aco wth thee ‘eee and nee Pople ethereal wealth fats Development is ‘hao expending the coi ppl af len te tht ty vale ‘Adit thes abot sc mre tan exotic goth whch only eas ifaveryporaasene of eleing peopl choles. Panu to elaig thse dois ibd haan capes the range things that pee can dr ben Be The mot bs ap ‘tis for human develope ae 1 lead leg and eat, to be _Unaking the abc Uerty dud of iving ont be abl to participate i the fe of he eat. ‘Wahoo tee may kes ates no aia, nl man ofp ites ine cman mesa he peso goes on to te Ait: "West is vider nt te good we are king, fr is merely fal forthe sake of something ce” And it ‘ots "In secking thar something ce, human dewopinet shares @ em ‘mon vison wide human rights” ‘Muman devopment as abvays stopped for tention, but since the nd of the cold wr inthe 1905, hs os are ground to the econo misc notion of wed development called gabalzatioe. Eeonomic dew ‘pment has in tra become iseressingy Wetifed with technological Drops When giving examples of eae enury progres few would -neitonrcent theories of ntersatiogl rations or te United Nainsit- ‘elf fer maore nigh ctemoderit art or the cul sights movement; most ‘would mention eh auomobl, dio, Spur, leven, near owe, (2 phones, atl the Tteret Is this bees science and technology Peo- tice ey al pogo a thea an seca practice italy now! Tn| fact there nothing itera abour this shew toward technology: Cura Copabilty i less fundamental to hora develope. And ye this cred intereation betwen calture and technology now geal Tes beyond the Linits of bots poliy and elt experince Tm contras the entra culture to development wasnt ost on the mi tenis centurs which remembered wel the worldwide destruc tion of Wal War I aa ved in dhe shadow of moclerspocypse. The peo produced books ike Ray Bradburys Marian Chronicles wherein nother work represeted by Mar, art ad sence had mesg 0 pro- ‘dae am acanced civilration where Mrs Kat “the golden ris thal {ew fom the crystal wale” and cleaned her house "wit handfuls of mag etic dst which, taking al the it wa i, blew ey om the hot wind: {tal where Me Kad by moving ht hae aco te singing book Interest ingly foro, Brady described basins af usual eure and wa is ‘pec orton, sorta the rea of fale of earl knowlege “The roles bd aleady goiten umarity to Mar, ening thatthe big technological problems were edly sole. her was xy el 0 th Banas ta then lel cura pity when we got there The deeper problems ume otto be not cet ut cultural In her word ial {rl Kcwldge wa in er then cet hnowidge was in eri to. “Tie Cates the Ma Mie Chase 23 In the pouwar perio thee was an ition devoted to keeping clr and sentic kaowlalge under one oa: Tarinstuon was the univer. “The These Crier “To understand the past nd pent ofthis problem of cultural owed, ‘ened to see vce dsr, and the wnitesity as tangled up together father than polanzed, nd as experincing thee parallel cries. ach eri ‘Character the pt-Worl War Il perio, but Beare acute and unre {olvble i the 1970 Te end ofthe Breton Woods carency agreemcat in 197, the Nsoa resignation in 1974, apd the withdrawal of US. troops from Ssigom in 1975 signed the end ofthe cold war pli and econo cer tat hd lady been weaned by twenty yeas tacks rom ci Fights antia,and ctr coil movements Bu then something strange bnpened Instead of the new poli and economic order that might have ‘eat te sal and cara confict of the 19305 ad 19a previous ‘cadhip consenons was retored. We weed to ell tis restored order Rea ‘Sam para cine Replica specchwrterand media gue filled the “Reagan coutereiormaton” The Bish cle it “That {rem Enropeans and manyin the iba Sout called “neoliberal” or “the Washingion consents” or “neowoloninlinn” The Trench ele itl pede unig, Whats i 0 alle, i continoed and intensified under {be Bash edition. Throughot his perio that began in the ate 1970s three cries—econom, politcal, an cultral—semalned_ mre. SS SS oven ‘Tie dvsion rnd hotly (ee Tle). “The politics merged somiy wi bs boyeos and hanch-= ‘omic divi bough these paces were the foundation ofa waltlt- cna word, "Te thd crs pertain the mainszeam policy ad mea ison