This book offers a critical diagnosis of higher education's decline under neoliberal capitalism. Drawing on political philosophy, critical theory, and educational thought, the book explores how market-driven metrics have eroded academic freedom, tenure, and the humanities, while undermining the democratic values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Di Leo interrogates the ideological and structural failures of contemporary academe and proposes acts of resistance as a path forward. This book reframes the university as a site of struggle between democratic education and neoliberal obsolescence. This book is essential reading for scholars of higher education, critical pedagogy, and political theory seeking to understand the twilight of academic life and imagine what might follow its collapse.
| ISBN: | 9783032213686 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 2026 |
| Author: | Jeffrey R Di Leo |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies on Global Policy and Critical Futures in Education |
| Genres: |
Higher education, tertiary education Civics and citizenship Philosophy and theory of education Educational strategies and policy |
This book offers a critical diagnosis of higher education's decline under neoliberal capitalism. Drawing on political philosophy, critical theory, and educational thought, the book explores how market-driven metrics have eroded academic freedom, tenure, and the humanities, while undermining the democratic values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Di Leo interrogates the ideological and structural failures of contemporary academe and proposes acts of resistance as a path forward. This book reframes the university as a site of struggle between democratic education and neoliberal obsolescence. This book is essential reading for scholars of higher education, critical pedagogy, and political theory seeking to understand the twilight of academic life and imagine what might follow its collapse.
Late Academe features in the following genres: Higher education, tertiary education, Civics and citizenship, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy
Late Academe is available in Hardback
Late Academe was written by Jeffrey R Di Leo and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland
Late Academe has 236 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies on Global Policy and Critical Futures in Education series
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