Higher Education, State Repression, and Neoliberal Reform in Nicaragua

Wendi Bellanger is Provost and Academic Leader of the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Nicaragua. Serena Cosgrove is Faculty Coordinator of Seattle University’s Central America Initiative and Associate Professor in International Studies at Seattle University, USA.Irina Carlota Silber is Professor of Anthropology at the City College of New York, USA.

"This book innovatively discusses the critical contributions of higher education policy by focusing on liberation practices as a space of resistance to state oppression and neoliberal reforms within the University of Centroamericana (UCA) in Nicaragua [...]. [It] is handy for scholars, students, researchers in highereducation, policymakers, educational politicians, and those interested in humanrights, equality, Central America, and revolutionary issues." - Sudirman, Friska Sundari Kusmana & Rika Ilma Putri, Journal of Peace Education

• Foreword by Florence E. BabbIntroduction Part 1: The Repressive and Neoliberal Context of Critical Higher Education in Nicaragua1. The Manifesto of the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) 2. The Impact of Neoliberal Reform and Repression on Higher Education in Nicaragua Part 2: Professors and Students under Fire3. Professors and the Accompaniment of University Student Struggles in Nicaragua 4. An Ethnography of the Classroom and the Daily Effects of Repression 5. Rhizomatic Solidarity for (Re)flourishing: UCA Graduate Perspectives on Education, Social Change, and Persistence amid Repression Part 3: Solidarity and Implications beyond Nicaragua6. Cyborg solidarity with Nicaragua and Digital/Analogue Entanglements 7. University Partnerships and Solidarity with Nicaragua 8. Lessons from Nicaragua for a Critical Higher Education Coda9. A Brief History of Violence in Nicaragua