Profit, prestige and the liberal arts in the “neoliberal” academy: Observations from Canada

  • Alan Smart University of Calgary, Canada

Abstract

I argue that the Canadian academy, at least, is not neoliberal in the sense of acting as a profit-seeking corporation. Rather it serves the agenda of the corporate sector while operating under what is better seen as a symbolic economy of prestige and status.
Published
2017-07-18
How to Cite
Smart, A. (2017) “Profit, prestige and the liberal arts in the ‘neoliberal’ academy: Observations from Canada”, Anuac, 6(1), pp. 59-62. doi: 10.7340/anuac2239-625X-2982.
Section
Forum: Anthropologists Witnessing and Reshaping the Neoliberal Academy