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The Lives of Campus Custodians: Insights into Corporatization and Civic Disengagement in the Academy

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By (author): Peter M. Magolda

This unique study uncovers the lives and working conditions of a group of individuals who are usually rendered invisible on college campuses--the custodians who daily clean the offices, residence halls, bathrooms and public spaces. In doing so it also reveals universities equally invisible practices that frequently contradict their espoused values of inclusion and equity, and their profession that those on the margins are important members of the campus community.This vivid ethnography is the fruit of the years fieldwork that Peter Magoldas undertook at two universities. His purpose was to shine a light on a subculture that neither decision-makers nor campus community members know very much about, let alone understand the motivations and aspirations of those who perform this work; and to pose fundamental questions about the moral implications of the corporatization of higher education and its impact on its lowest paid and most vulnerable employees.Working alongside and learning about the lives of over thirty janitorial staff, Peter Magolda becomes privy to acts of courage, resilience, and inspiration, as well as witness to their work ethic, and to instances of intolerance, inequity, and injustices. We learn the stories of remarkable people, and about their daily concerns, their fears and contributions.Peter Magolda raises such questions as: Does the academy still believe wisdom is exclusive to particular professions or classes of people? Are universities really inclusive? Is addressing service workers concerns part of the mission of higher education? If universities profess to value education, why make it difficult for those on the margins, such as custodians, to get educated.The book concludes with the research participants and the authors reflections about ways that colleges can improve the lives of those whose underpaid and unremarked labor is so essential to the smooth running of their campuses.Appendices provide information about the research methodology and methods, as well as a discussion of the influence of corporate managerialism on ethnographic research.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 535g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Apr 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781620364598

About Peter M. Magolda

Peter M. Magolda was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Leadership at Miami University. He focused his scholarship on ethnographic studies of college students critical issues in qualitative research and program evaluation. He is author of The Lives of Campus Custodians and co-author of Contested Issues in Student Affairs Contested Issues in Troubled Times and Its All About Jesus!: Faith as an Oppositional Collegiate Subculture and has served on the editorial boards of Research in Higher Education and the Journal of Educational Research. He was an ACPA Senior Scholar inductee and in 2013 received the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Mentoring Award. He also received Miami Universitys Richard Delp Outstanding Faculty Member award as well Alumni Award from The Ohio State University and Indiana University. We deeply mourn the loss of author teacher and friend Peter M. Magolda. Jeffrey F. Milem is the Ernest W. McFarland Distinguished Professor in Leadership for Education Policy and Reform in the College of Education at the University of Arizona. He is a Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education and Director of the Arizona Medical Education Research Institute (AMERI). Previously he served as Department Head for the Department of Educational Policy Studies & Practice as well as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College. Jeff has also been a courtesy appointment in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona. He is Past President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. In addition to his employment in higher education Jeff has worked as a photographer janitor maintenance worker house painter landscaper bartender cook and hospital orderly.

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