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The exchange university : corporatization of academic culture / edited by Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Canada.
- Education, Higher.
- Universities and colleges--Canada--Finance.
- Universities and colleges.
- Business and education--Canada.
- Business and education.
- Academic spin-outs--Canada.
- Academic spin-outs.
- Education, Higher--Research--Economic aspects--Canada.
- Higher education and state--Canada.
- Higher education and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Exchange University addresses crucial questions facing today's university, including the commercialization of research and teaching; intensifying government-university relationships; marketization and commodification; and policy and functional responses within the academy. The book will interest practitioners, students, and academics in educational studies, policy studies, and higher education.
- Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Exchange University; 1 The Academic Capitalist Knowledge/Learning Regime; 2 Academic Culture and the Research-Intensive University: The Impact of Commercialism and Scientism; 3 The New Production of Researchers; 4 Public Policy in Ontario Higher Education: From Frost to Harris; 5 How Fares Equity in an Era of Academic Capitalism? The Role of Contingent Faculty; 6 Reclaiming Our Centre: Toward a Robust Defence of Academic Autonomy
- 7 "Gender at Work" in Teacher Education: History, Society, and Global Reform8 The Political Economy of Legal Scholarship: A Case Study of the University of British Columbia Law School; 9 Keeping the Commons in Academic Culture: Protecting the Knowledge Commons from the Enclosure of the Knowledge Economy; Conclusion; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45731-4
- 9786612457319
- 0-7748-1571-X
- OCLC:
- 923446673
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