Unclear to me that Universities were ever institutions of open inquiry, let alone supporters of a democracy that championed equality...Still the question stands and ought be in the public debate...oy! ..when the multi-millionaire and Beijing-appointed leader of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, told pro-democracy protesters that allowing his successors to be chosen in open elections based on who won the greatest number of votes was unacceptable in part because it risked giving poorer residents a dominant voice in politics. (3) The autonomy of institutions such as higher education are threatened as much by corporate interests as by the repressive policies and practices of the state. Offering an unyielding defense for Chinas authoritarian political system, he argued that any candidate that might succeed him must be screened by a broadly representative nominating committee, which would insulate Hong Kongs next chief executive from popular pressure to create social provisions and allow the government to implement more business-friendly policies to address economic issues. (4) This is not just an attack on political liberty but also an attack on dissent, critical education and public institutions that might exercise a democratizing influence on the nation. In this case the autonomy of institutions such as higher education are threatened as much by corporate interests as by the repressive policies and practices of the state. Henry Giroux
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:35:12 +0000
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