Wake Up or Perish: Neo-Liberalism, the Social Sciences, and Salvaging the Public University.

The article discusses the social sciences, neo-liberalism, and salvaging the public university in Europe and the U.S. It states that the initiative to reduce educational costs and increase bureaucratization do not serve any other purpose that increasing the influence of the administration of universities. It mentions that the predicaments of higher education could be addressed by re-discovering people's role in the society and re-conceptualizing the disciplinary boundaries of academic fields.