"Radical academia?"
Subtitle: understanding the climates for campus activists
By: Christopher J. Broadhurst, Georgianna L. Martin, editors
Series: New directions for higher education -- number 167; The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series; New directions for higher education -- no. 167.; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781118966983; 9781118966563
Subjects: Political Ideologies; Student protesters; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Radicalism; Political activity; College students; Student movements
Description: Take an in-depth look at campus activism in the 21st century with this issue of New Directions for Higher Education. Campuses have always experienced an ebb and flow of activism, and the recent displays of student activism on American campuses show that protesters remain a vibrant subculture in American higher education. From rising tuition costs to the need to improve and welcome diversity, activists signal a continued restlessness among the nation's collegiate youth over various issues, expressing their views with a vigor comparable to most periods in American history. The purpose of this wor.
Notes: "Fall 2014."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Campus activism in the 21st century: a historical framing / Christopher J. Broadhurst; title: The role of graduate student unions in the higher education landscape / Heidi Whitford; title: Collective action on campus toward student development and democratic engagement / Adrianna Kezar, Dan Maxey; title: Campus-based organizing: tactical repertoires of contemporary student movements / Cassie L. Barnhardt; title: Performances of student activism: sound, silence, gender, and dis/ability / Penny A. Pasque, Juanita Gamez Vargas; title: Development through dissent: campus activism as civic learning / J. Patrick Biddix; title: Understanding and improving campus climates for activists / Georgianna L. Martin.