Croke Park Agreement would hasten the Demise of Academic Freedom

If we allowed Croke Park Deal to be imposed on us, managerialist developments, undermining of university autonomy, weakening of tenure and academic freedom and destruction of scholarship would be immeasurably accelerated. The processes described by Tom Garvin and Jim McKernan would become rampant.
For more by respected University Academics and the challenges to academic freedom

Jim Mc Kernan,”The Idea of a University: an Essay in Support of Professor Tom Garvin’s Thesis of Grey Philistines Taking Over Our Universities”

Garrett Fitzgerald “Independence would enhance role of universities in society”

Tom Garvin, “Grey philistines taking over our universities”