Governance of Higher Education explores the work of traditional and contemporary higher
education scholarship worldwide, providing readers with an understanding of the …

Scholars in political science, political sociology, and the sociology of higher education have
investigated the different dimensions of student politics for more than half a century …

The restructuring of higher education (HE) according to neoliberal market principles has
constructed the student consumer as a social category, thereby altering the nature, purpose …

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce a theory of student agency to the study of student
engagement. Student agency refers to the quality of students' self-reflective and intentional …

Much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis
has focused upon a sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the post-war period …

Using new research on higher education in the UK, Canada, Chile and Italy, this rigorous
comparative study investigates key episodes of student protests against neoliberal policies …

This article analyses the 2015 student mobilizations in South Africa (SA), which arose in
opposition to a 10% hike in tuition fees planned for 2016 at the University of Witwatersrand …

It is often assumed within much of the academic literature and by many of those working in
higher education that universities across Europe are homogenising, converging around an …

Higher education is of considerable importance to policymakers across Europe. Indeed, it is
viewed as a key mechanism for achieving a range of economic, social and political goals …

The# FeesMustFall movement focused on the financial struggles of historically
disadvantaged black students in South Africa. However, if decolonisation is to go beyond …