Description: "This book explores the global attack on higher education and academic freedom in the early decades of the twenty-first century. It argues that today, unlike the past, society is facing a global wave of antidemocratic governance and rise of extremist far-right political leaders. This text aims to reinforce the importance of higher education and why it is crucial to be informed on the attacks on universities and colleges in the United States and around the world"--
Brief description: Eve Darian-Smith is a distinguished professor and the chair of the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Review Quotes: [Policing Higher Education] is a timely volume that discusses the antidemocratic forces increasingly threatening higher education on a global scale.
--Forbes