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University, Inc : the corporate corruption of American higher education / Jennifer Washburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washburn, Jennifer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business and education--United States.
- Business and education.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Universities and colleges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A sweeping critique of the influence of corporate money in our universities that would encourage ?all those concerned with the future of higher education to read it."(Science)
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. A New Kind of Uprising at Berkeley; 2. The Lessons of History; 3. The Birth of the Market-Model U.; 4. The Republic of Science in Turmoil; 5. Are Conflicts of Interest Hazardous to Our Health?; 6. The University as Business; 7. Dreaming of Silicon Valley; 8. Paying More for Less: The Commercial Squeeze on Teaching & the Humanites; 9. The Path Forward: Preserving Our Public Domain; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7867-2238-X
- OCLC:
- 818855237
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