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Critical responses to changes in UK higher education have emerged from various quarters. This article suggests that some of these responses are collusive with neo-liberalism and that a greater attention might be paid to the possibilities of the word ‘liberal’ and to the more democratic implications of certain US initiatives.

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critical responses democratic higher education liberal neo-liberalism privilege UK and USA

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Liberal values at a time of neo-liberalism

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