Exchange University

Corporatization of Academic Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-10-31
Mått:159 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774815697

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Adrienne S. Chan is on faculty in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University College of the Fraser Valley and is an adjunct professor at the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training at the University of British Columbia. Donald Fisher is a professor in the Department of Education Studies and co-director of the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training at UBC. Contributors: Sandra Acker, Paul Axelrod, Adrienne S. Chan, Jo-Anne Dillabough, Donald Fisher, Brigitte Gemme, Yves Gingras, Linda Muzzin, Janice Newson, Claire Polster, Gary Rhoades, Theresa Shanahan, Sheila Slaughter, Jennifer Sumner

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction: The Exchange University / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher1 The Academic Capitalist Knowledge/Learning Regime / Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades2 Academic Culture and the Research-Intensive University: The Impact of Commercialism and Scientism / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher3 The New Production of Researchers / Brigitte Gemme and Yves Gingras4 Public Policy in Ontario Higher Education: From Frost to Harris / Paul Axelrod5 How Fares Equity in an Era of Academic Capitalism? The Role of Contingent Faculty / Linda Muzzin 6 Reclaiming Our Centre: Toward a Robust Defence of Academic Autonomy / Janice Newson and Claire Polster7 "Gender at Work" in Teacher Education: History, Society, and Global Reform / Jo-Anne Dillabough and Sandra Acker8 The Political Economy of Legal Scholarship: A Case Study of the University of British Columbia Law School / Theresa Shanahan9 Keeping the Commons in Academic Culture: Protecting the Knowledge Commons from the Enclosure of the Knowledge Economy / Jennifer SumnerConclusion / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald FisherIndex