65.035 - Higher Education and the Role of Co-Option

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

A common dilemma within social justice movements is for those in power to co-opt or take over elements of a cause to benefit themselves, once again pushing those disenfranchised by the status quo to the margins - even within a movement they have created. Higher education as a key site of social construction and the presumed development of a democratic and critical citizenry is a battleground of co-option and resistance (Giroux, 2010). This panel will look at how the themes and priorities of higher education institutions are co-opted by white, U.S. American, heteronormative, patriarchal, and corporate agendas. And, how this co-option ignores, silences, and oppresses marginalized groups, and attempts to render social justice movements within the ivory tower moot.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 6: Society, Culture, and Change

Chair

• Franklin A. Tuitt, University of Denver

Papers

• Remedial Education and Co-Option - Naomi Nishi, University of Colorado - Denver

• Accreditation of Postsecondary Education in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific: A Tribal Critical Race Theory Analysis - Natasha A Saelua, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Critical Race Theory: Bridging the Gap From Access to Degree Attainment - Keali'i Troy Kukahiko, University of California - Los Angeles

• Beyond Inclusion: Queering and Trans*Forming Higher Education for the Public Good - T.J. Jourian, Loyola University Chicago

Discussant

• Nolan L. Cabrera, The University of Arizona