This is caused by the realigning of university administrative structures along the philosophical lines of neoliberalism [0]. It's hard to find a definition of n

This is caused by the realigning of university administrative structures along the philosophical lines of neoliberalism [0]. It's hard to find a definition of neoliberalim outside of technical political theory, but I think this source is a good overview and I've seen it cited by academics [1], for example this guy who contextualizes it within academia (some of his writing was accused of being neoliberal ideology) [2]. In short: "Neoliberalism is a philosophy in which the existence and operation of a market are valued in themselves, separately from any previous relationship with the production of goods and services, and without any attempt to justify them in terms of their effect on the production of goods and services; and where the operation of a market or market-like structure is seen as an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action, and substituting for all previously existing ethical beliefs." Another source that examines the transformation of public education under the program of neoliberalism is Wendy Davis's Undoing the Demos. Here is a review by a mathematician who contextualizes her account in his own field [3]. It is a particularly touchy subject for me because I am starting to see mathematics departments cut down to size because they are not profitable (the latest one here) [4], and to see something so foundational and culturally important (to me, anyway) stripped away because it is not profitable is horrifying. This is not just the natural course of the world. These transformations of our social institutions are deliberate and engineered. Whether or not you think it's a change for the worse, well, that's up to you. I personally think it will lead to a crisis of capitalist civilization and as a student of history I'm aware of what happened the last time capitalism was in crisis. [0] http://rohcavamaintenant.free.fr/CLE%20USBAICHE/USB%20KEY%20Fahriye/NEOL%C4%B0BERAL%C4%B0ZM/The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20the%20Neo-Liberal%20University.pdf http://rohcavamaintenant.free.fr/CLE%20USBAICHE/USB%20KEY%20... [1] http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/neoliberalism.html http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/neoliberalism.htm... [2] https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/neoliberalism-and-higher-education/ https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/neoliberali... [3] https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/how-to-brand-mathematics/ https://mathematicswithoutapologies.wordpress.com/2015/05/08... [4] https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2016/09/disaster_at_the_leicester_math.html https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2016/09/disaster_at_the...