Similar, albeit smaller, changes in salaries and workloads have percolated throughout higher education.
The rapid change has won Dr. Sexton many admirers, both at N.Y.U. and throughout higher education.
But throughout higher education, in a profession where gender and race discrimination remain endemic, the successful candidates are usually white men with highly conventional academic backgrounds.
With Lord Mandelson – in his incarnation as secretary of state for business, industry and skills – now imposing a minimum 10% cut in spending throughout higher education, universities are looking to slash and burn departments.
"The worry that the widespread use of online courses will damage departments in public universities facing budgetary pressures is a legitimate concern that deserves serious debate, at edX and throughout higher education.
The demands of the occupiers, reflective of shifts in student activism over the last 18 months, were not only couched in opposition to tuition fees, but also to redundancies and outsourcing throughout higher education as well as to the closure of University of London Union.
