Is there any politics in Jadavpur University?
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Surveys indicate that there is more interest today in politics among college students than has been the case in the recent past. | |
The cry that politics has recently invaded the university, imported by sixties radicals, is an example of the defense of orthodoxy; it is itself a political attempt to distract attention from the fact that there are serious issues at stake and more than one | |
71 Citations | In both of these films the message is clear: The university of the 1990s is besieged by students who have replaced dispassionate and objective pursuit of knowledge with political correctness and identity politics. |
It may be that the university has no business being in politics in the first place; its job is that of exploring new fields of knowledge and teaching, not political parleying. | |
30 Citations | Proceeding from Munene's argument regarding a shift in oppositional politics in Africa away from students to multiparty politics, this paper finds that party politics is also increasingly implicated in African student politics with varied results. |
8 Citations | By using as examples two countries with different orientation in their higher education system (mainly due to differences in cultural and ideological perceptions) and keeping in mind that there is no ideal model for university governance, this study could enlighten decision makers in any country to develop a more effective and constructive model of university governance that would serve societal interests more effectively. |
From a political point of view, the University of the West Indies is unusual, and therefore of special interest, in that it is dependent not so much on the domestic politics of one particular state, but rather on the complex and changing character of international politics within a clearly defined region. | |
11 Citations | Finally, the growing external pressures on the university and the reluctance of students and faculty to participate in university politics are cited as factors affect ing the prospects of university governance. |
9 Citations | It argues that there is a movement toward centralisation of international activities on many university campuses. |
Open access•Journal Article 9 Citations | I show that most free university activists, myself included, see that it is impossible to distinguish between the inside and outside of the university, and that ultimately working across the 'divide' through prefigurative politics offers a robust means to effect substantive change. |
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