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Title: Make the Academy Great Again: Right-Wing Think Tanks and the 'Crisis' in Universities
Language: English
Authors: Valerie L. Scatamburlo-D'Annibale
Source: Critical Education. 2025 16(3):20-40.
Availability: Institute for Critical Education Studies. 2125 Main Mall, EDCP, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada. Tel: 604-822-2830; Web site: https://ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/
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Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
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Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, College Role, Politics of Education, Organizations (Groups), Social Systems, Ideology, Social Justice, Educational Change, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Neoliberalism, Academic Freedom, Political Influences, Public Support
Geographic Terms: Canada
ISSN: 1920-4175
Abstract: In recent years, there has been an increase in reports declaring Canadian universities are suffering from a 'viewpoint diversity crisis' that purportedly compromises their ability to serve as bastions of open inquiry. This article contextualizes this narrative, tracing its historical roots and examining its production within a right-wing infrastructure that has long targeted the academy and sought to undermine public faith in higher education to further an ideological agenda reflective of Friedrich Hayek's reverence for free market fundamentalism and concomitant contempt for social justice. To the degree that universities are imperilled as proponents of viewpoint diversity claim, the tangible threat stems from externally coordinated assaults on academe and not the contrived crisis projected onto it.
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