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Tertiary education in the 21st century : economic change and social networks / Robert Craig Strathdee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strathdee, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Continuing education--Philosophy.
- Continuing education.
- Continuing education--Economic aspects--Great Britain.
- Continuing education--Economic aspects--New Zealand.
- Educational equalization--Great Britain.
- Educational equalization.
- Students.
- Social networks.
- Educational equalization--Philosophy.
- Continuing education--Economic aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Educational equalization--New Zealand.
- New Zealand.
- Students--Social networks--Great Britain.
- Students--Social networks--New Zealand.
- Physical Description:
- 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Summary:
- Why are policy makers in England and New Zealand building networks between providers of tertiary education and innovative firms, yet also attempting to destroy networks through reform of assessment practices? This book argues that answers to both questions can be found in social changes that are driving up the importance of personal and institutional network capital in some fields and in egalitarian attempts to create open competitions for advancement. This book shows that these changes are leading to a reconfiguration in the rules upon which the competition for advancement is organized through tertiary education.
- Contents:
- 2 Social Class, Tertiary Education, and Field Theory 15
- 3 Ecologies of Talent 39
- 4 The Creation of Contrasting Geographies of Talent in England and New Zealand 61
- 5 Innovation and Networks in the Knowledge Economy: The Case of the Screen Production Field in New Zealand 85
- 6 Innovation and Networks in the Knowledge Economy: The Case of the Biotechnology Field in New Zealand 111
- 7 Innovation and Networks in the Knowledge Economy: The Case of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in England 131.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781403975171
- 1403975175
- OCLC:
- 212328118
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