Higher Education State Repression and Neoliberal Reform in Nicaragua: Reflections from a University under Fire

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Frontispiece
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Florence E. Babb
About the Editors and Contributors
A Timeline for University Autonomy in Nicaragua by Hallie S. Evans
Introduction
	Welcome
	Why Nicaragua?
	Key themes and keywords
		Neoliberalism and how these policies affect higher education
		Central America, violence, and the postwar era
		Engaged social science research and ethnography
	Methods
	Book overview
	Call to action
	Notes
	Bibliography
Part 1: The Repressive and Neoliberal Context of Critical Higher Education in Nicaragua
	Chapter 1: The Manifesto of the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua, Nicaragua
		Introduction
		How did I learn to lead a university?
		What are the antecedents of April 2018?
		What happened in April 2018?
		What is happening today?
		How has the repression affected the UCA?
		What can be done?
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2: The Impact of Neoliberal Reform and Repression on Higher Education in Nicaragua
		Introduction
		The Struggle for University Autonomy in Nicaragua and the Devastating Effects of the Ortega-Murillo Government
		The Corporatization of Higher Education, Audit Culture, and the Weakening of University Autonomy
		Evaluation and Accreditation in Nicaragua
		Conclusion: The Asphyxiation of University Autonomy
		Notes
		References
Part 2: Professors and Students under Fire
	Chapter 3: Professors and the Accompaniment of University Student Struggles in Nicaragua
		Introduction
		Holistic accompaniment and university autonomy
		A lost opportunity for university autonomy
		Holistic accompaniment vs. political indoctrination
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 4: An Ethnography of the Classroom and the Daily Effects of Repression
		The 2018 and 2019 context in Nicaragua: state repression and university resistance
		Challenges and responses in the classroom
		The 2018 crisis opened space for new forms of teaching in Nicaragua
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 5: Rhizomatic solidarity for (re)flourishing: UCA Graduate Perspectives on Education, Social Change, and Persistence Amid Repression
		Introduction: we are roots that have been uprooted but not burned
		Three years after the April 2018 uprising
		Free nation and life!
		Achievements and challenges for the UCA
		Teaching: “seeing the world differently” and “finding my vocation”
		Proyección Social: “from saying to doing” and “being part of the change”
		Research: a “decentralized” vision that reveals “many Nicaraguas”
		From islands to rhizomes
		Conclusion: “You will flourish, Nicaragua!”
		Notes
		References
Part 3: Solidarity and Implications beyond Nicaragua
	Chapter 6: Cyborg solidarity with Nicaragua and digital/analogue entanglements
		Introduction: the problems that confront us all
		One year before: women defend their territory in Nicaragua
		The 2018 Nicaraguan uprising: activism in cyberspace
		The crisis continues in Nicaragua: the horror in your hand
		Conclusion: Cyborg solidarity in an entangled yet unequal world
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 7: University partnerships and solidarity 3.0 with Nicaragua
		Introduction
		Background
		Solidarity 1.0 and 2.0
			Solidarity 1.0
			Solidarity 2.0
			Achievements and limitations
		What is solidarity and what can we learn from the past?
		Solidarity 3.0
			Interuniversity solidarity
			Final thoughts
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 8: Lessons from Nicaragua for a Critical Higher Education
		Introduction
		Mobilizing a University Manifesto
		Do we only need manifestos in times of crisis?
		Accompaniment within and outside classroom walls
		Notes
		References
Part 4: Coda
	Chapter 9: A Brief History of Violence in Nicaragua
		Introduction
		Colonial Period
		Independence
		State Building and U.S. Intervention from Walker to Sandino
		Somoza Paramilitary Rule and Student Protests
		Sandinismo from Insurrection to State Building
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Index