Baldwin, Davarian (2021) In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. Bold Type Books.

Winant, Gabriel

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“…Notwithstanding, this distinction between profit and not-for-profit institutions does not vindicate Higher Ed. The political economy of Higher Ed institutions, especially the most selective and well-resourced, has relied on and continues to benefit from indigenous dispossession; the labor, sale, and study of the enslaved and their descendants; and ongoing legacies of residential displacement, real estate hoarding, wage theft, and much more (Baldwin, 2021;Dancy et al, 2018;Fanshel, 2021;Maldonado and Meiners, 2021;Wilder, 2014). Higher Ed institutions have also developed partnerships with third-party providers that incorporate predatory and extractive features in their contracts (Hamilton et al, 2024).…”

Section: For-profit Colleges and Their Predatory Practicesmentioning

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Precarity and the Predatory Inclusion of Black Women by For-Profit Colleges

Dawson

2024

Critical Sociology

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Numerous sectors and institutions engage in ‘predatory inclusion’, purporting to satisfy the unmet needs of historically marginalized groups under exploitative terms. However, extant scholarship has yet to robustly examine why they target certain groups. Drawing on Black feminist Marxism, I theorize how predatory inclusion depends on precarity, and I redefine ‘precarity’ as a structural position of vulnerability to violence based on excess responsibilities and the denial of means to meet them – or, ‘alternativelessness’. I convey the usefulness of my definition of precarity and my theorization of the relationship between precarity and predatory inclusion through empirical sections that demonstrate how for-profit colleges (‘for-profits’) prey upon the alternativelessness of Black women, the race-gender demographic group with the highest rates of debt-financed enrollment in for-profits. By examining the training materials for admissions ‘counselors’ at for-profits, I illuminate how for-profits succeed at enrollment growth by manipulating the pain, urgency, and relationality of this precarity. I also reveal how descriptive statistics of Black women’s enrollment and financial need in for-profits correspond to the sector’s predation of precarity. I contend that precarity must be contested for the sake of ending the predatory inclusion of Black women and all others positioned alongside them as ideal prey.

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Section: For-profit Colleges and Their Predatory Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Precarity and the Predatory Inclusion of Black Women by For-Profit Colleges

Dawson

2024

Critical Sociology

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“…These articulations span much of the globe and draw our focus to the casualization of academic labor, the increasing presence of corporate interest on campuses, the reduction of state funding, ballooning tuition fees, and the "increased surveillance and repression of activists and scholars" (Hampton, 2020: 26). These shifts impact students, faculty, staff, and the communities in which university campuses are erected (Baldwin, 2021). Wendy Brown (2015: 181) argues that market rationality has saturated the landscape of the university, converting higher education "from a social or public good to a personal investment in individual futures" changing both the nature and purpose of higher education.…”

Section: The Neoliberal (Carceral) Universitymentioning

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Markers of entanglement: Survival strategies within the neoliberal university and the promise of carceral futures

Mokhtari

2023

Punishment & Society

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Within the neoliberal era, the university's form and function have shifted. These shifts necessitate an unraveling of the synergies of institutions of higher education with carceral institutions. Building from the scholarship of the “college-prison nexus” and the “academic-prison symbiosis,” this paper converges on the criminology department's role within these synergies. Based on an analysis of department websites and the introductory course syllabi of English-speaking criminology departments in Canada (n = 50), I interrogate the methods used to advertise to students. I identify six markers of entanglement that are part of how departments market themselves in the neoliberal era to the student–consumer. These markers include career prospects, field placements, faculty research, pracademics, job training, and dual/bridging degrees. Utilizing these markers as a departure point, I analyze these indicators of relationships that exist between the university and the carceral apparatus. In doing so, I interrogate how these relationships can (re)produce carceral logics and systems and offer the university an articulated pathway of survival through carceral intrenchment.

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“…Some scholars are optimistic about the capacity of HEI campuses to progressively transform the physical and cultural landscape of their cities (Freestone et al., 2021; Perry & Wiewel, 2005). Others demonstrate how HEIs often actively embrace their role as agents of gentrification and displacement (Baldwin, 2021).…”

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America's urban futures: In and beyond the city

Addie

2023

New Drctns Community Coll

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This article assesses the changing dynamics of urbanization and urbanism in the contemporary US through three lenses. First, it examines economic shifts spurred by the rise of the knowledge economy, which position higher education institutions (HEIs) as drivers of innovation and urban growth. Second, it draws attention to new metropolitan geographies. Gentrifying inner cities and the suburbanization of race, poverty, and risk indicate a need for HEIs to reappraise their institutional structures, pedagogical practices, and responsibilities as urban place‐makers. Third, the article considers (post‐)pandemic futures and calls for racial justice to frame the city as both the setting and stake of social justice movements. The analysis pays particular attention to how these socio‐spatial transformations affect the landscape of post‐secondary urban education. The result is a contradictory portrait of an urban America with diverse futures forged at the intersection of rising inequality, segregation, and a desire for a more inclusive and just future.

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Baldwin, Davarian (2021) In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. Bold Type Books.

Cited by 4 publications

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Precarity and the Predatory Inclusion of Black Women by For-Profit Colleges

Precarity and the Predatory Inclusion of Black Women by For-Profit Colleges

Markers of entanglement: Survival strategies within the neoliberal university and the promise of carceral futures

America's urban futures: In and beyond the city

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