Bird, Brice D., authorBreaux, Richard, advisorSagas, Ernesto, committee memberStraayer, John, committee member2007-01-032007-01-032012http://hdl.handle.net/10217/68092This critical university study examines the neo-liberal agenda's influence on Colorado State University. This study challenges the policies and decisions made by Colorado's legislation that have brought forth the need for outside interest like private corporations to cover the state's financial short comings. This study seeks to scrutinize the actions that institutions of higher learning like Colorado State make in order to administer public, non-profit universities like a privatized for-profit business. Furthermore, this thesis looks at the privatization of services, commoditization of students, the dismantling of tenured faculty and how neo-liberalism and market forces affect Colorado State University's students, faculty, and state-classified employees.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Colorado higher educationTABORneo-liberalismhigher educationcritical university studiesText