In the shadow of the ivory tower : how universities are plundering our cities
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction | 378.103 BALDW | Checked Out | May 6, 2024 |
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Published
New York, NY : Bold Type Books, ©2021.
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Book
Physical Desc
vii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 24 cm
Street Date
2103
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index.
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"American higher education is in crisis-- costs continue to climb skyward while public funding is in decline. In response, university administrators have aimed to enrich their campuses and the surrounding areas with amenities to attract students and faculty, especially in urban areas where students can explore cities from the safety of the ivory tower. But what, then, becomes of the communities and cultures surrounding these campuses?... Historian Davarian L. Baldwin argues that urban universities have been key forces behind the gentrification of America's cities; in fact, urban planners have used the profitable high-tech high-density model of the university campus as a blueprint for the city as a whole. As a result, the Black and Latino communities that largely surrounded campuses are left especially vulnerable, at the mercy of skyrocketing property values, discriminatory campus police forces and the need for low-wage high education labor. Universities are treating cities as their company towns, and catering to the whims of students for the sake of profit means that these longstanding communities are bulldozed over, metaphorically and literally... In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower is a wake-up call to the reality that higher education is no longer the ubiquitous public good it was once thought to be, and an urgent call for a more equitable relationship between American cities and universities"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Baldwin, D. L. (2021). In the shadow of the ivory tower: how universities are plundering our cities (First edition.). Bold Type Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baldwin, Davarian L. 2021. In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. Bold Type Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baldwin, Davarian L. In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities Bold Type Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Baldwin, Davarian L. In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities First edition., Bold Type Books, 2021.
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