The exchange university [[electronic resource] ] : corporatization of academic culture / / edited by Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher

• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/337871
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Economic aspects - Canada; Universities and colleges - Canada - Finance; Business and education - Canada; Academic spin-outs - Canada; Education, Higher - Research - Economic aspects - Canada; Higher education and state - Canada; Enseignement supérieur - Aspect économique - Canada; Universités - Canada - Finances; Industrie et éducation - Canada; Essaimage (Économie politique) - Canada; Enseignement supérieur - Recherche - Aspect économique - Canada; Enseignement supérieur - Politique gouvernementale - Canada
• Altri autori: FisherDonald ChanAdrienne S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The exchange university
• ISBN: 1-282-45731-4; 9786612457319; 0-7748-1571-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780857703321
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