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Multiplicity, Belonging, and Free Speech in US Higher Education: Thriving through Current Crises

by Naomi Zack

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Belonging and debate in higher education

Naomi Zack examines pressures facing US colleges and universities, linking institutional concerns—such as enrollment, humanities funding, and adjunct working conditions—with student experiences involving social class, mental health, and campus security. The book also addresses affirmative action, disruptive speech, AI, and political pressure on academic life. Across these topics, Zack proposes policy changes and a model of belonging that accounts for differences in race, ethnicity, gender, class, age, and nationality. The scope makes this a guide to current debates about how higher education can sustain its intellectual and ethical role while responding to varied campus needs.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People interested in policy debates about US colleges and universities
  • Students, faculty, and administrators considering inclusion and campus conditions
  • Readers exploring free speech, AI, or the future of the humanities in higher education

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Higher education policyBelonging and diversityFree speech and academic lifeCampus conditions and student wellbeingAI and intellectual life

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Book overview

New realities in US higher education present a multifaceted crisis for students, faculty, administrators, and society at-large. In this original and practical book, Naomi Zack provides incisive diagnoses of pressing problems and prescriptions to reinstate and support US higher education as an intellectually and ethically valuable institution.

Among the problems addressed in this open access book are the US Supreme Court ban of affirmative action; falling enrollment and low retention; downsized and defunded humanities; the unjust situation of adjunct instructors; college firsts confronting social class; student mental health and microaggressions; disruptive free speech; the mind-numbing effects of AI; campus dangers and insecurity; and anti-intellectual ideological political pressure. The new ideas and policy changes proposed here result in a new model of belonging for the multiplicities of race, ethnicity, gender, class, age, and nationality--and more--in current and future college communities.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lehman College, CUNY.

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