Academic capitalism and the new economy : markets, state, and higher education / Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slaughter, Sheila.

Contributor:

Rhoades, Gary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Universities and colleges.

United States.

Business and education--United States.

Business and education.

Universities and colleges--United States--Sociological aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades detail the aggressive engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in the knowledge-based economy and analyze the efforts of colleges and universities to develop, market, and sell research products, educational services, and consumer goods in the private marketplace.

"The most coherent account of how the academy is mired in commercialism." -- Academe

Contents:

The theory of academic capitalism

The policy climate for academic capitalism

Patent policies: legislative change and commercial expansion

Patent policies play out: student and faculty life

Copyright: institutional policies and practices

Copyrights play out: commodifying the core academic function

Academic capitalism at the department level

Administrative academic capitalism

Networks of power: boards of trustees and presidents

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Undergraduate students and educational markets

The academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-366) and index.

ISBN:

0801879493

OCLC:

53443009