The Postliberal University: Governance, Leadership, and Partisanship in Higher Education

An urgent exploration of the political and social conditions that shape contemporary higher education governance

In the 2010s, many state governments began to meddle in the core academic activities of their universities. By the 2020s, such attacks were becoming widespread at the state and federal levels: grants and funding have been cancelled, DEI offices dismantled, student protesters detained, and international students’ visas revoked. In The Postliberal University, Barrett J. Taylor and B...