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05 Nov The Future of the University

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Thursday, November 5, 2010 / 3:00-5:30 PM
3:00 PM Jennifer Washburn (author of University Inc.), “University Inc.: Why Public Knowledge and Public Education Are At Risk”
4:00 PM David Marshall (Executive Dean, College of Letters and Science, and Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, UCSB), “The Plight of the Public Research University”
5:00 Roundtable discussion
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

At a time when the California budget crisis has thrown the future of the University of California into question, it is appropriate to ask fundamental questions. Jennifer Washburn’s book, University Inc., offered a prescient analysis of the project to turn the modern research university into a subsidiary of corporate America. UCSB Dean David Marshall is a national leader in making the case for value of the Arts and Humanities. The lectures and discussions of this IHC symposium sparked conversation on the increasing trend toward privatization, the imposition of business models on higher education, and the special challenges and responsibilities that public research universities face. Washburn and Marshall’s presentations are followed by a roundtable with William Warner (English), moderator; Jennifer Washburn; David Marshall; Mark Srednicki (Physics); Aranye Fradenburg (English); and Robert Williams (History of Art).

Sponsored by the IHC’s Future of the University series and the Department of English.

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Part I / 59 minutes : Jennifer Washburn (author of University Inc.), “University Inc.: Why Public Knowledge and Public Education Are At Risk”
Introduction by William Warner (English)

Part II / 52 minutes : David Marshall (Executive Dean, College of Letters and Science, and Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, UCSB), “The Plight of the Public Research University”
Introduction by IHC Director Ann Bermingham

Part III / 44 minutes : Roundtable: William Warner (English), moderator; Jennifer Washburn; David Marshall; Mark Srednicki (Physics); Aranye Fradenburg (English); and Robert Williams (History of Art)