Critical University Studies – serie
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15 produkter
Branding of the American Mind
How Universities Capture, Manage, and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters
Inbunden, 2017
361 kr
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Universities generate an enormous amount of intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, Internet domain names, and even trade secrets. Until recently, universities often ceded ownership of this property to the faculty member or student who created or discovered it in the …
Fractured Profession
Commercialism and Conflict in Academic Science
Inbunden, 2017
632 kr
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The commercialization of research is one of the most significant contemporary features of US higher education, yet we know surprisingly little about how scientists perceive and experience commercial rewards. A Fractured Profession is the first book to systematically examine the implications of …
Great Mistake
How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them
Häftad, 2018
418 kr
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A remarkable indictment of how misguided business policies have undermined the American higher education system.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLHigher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind …
Lean Semesters
How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity
Inbunden, 2020
351 kr
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Addressing in depth the reality that women of color, particularly Black women, face compounded exploitation and economic inequality within the neoliberal university.More Black women are graduating with advanced degrees than ever before. Despite the fact that their educational and professional …
Unsettling the University
Confronting the Colonial Foundations of US Higher Education
Av Sharon Stein
Inbunden, 2023
499 kr
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Shifts the narrative around the history of US higher education to examine its colonial past.Over the past several decades, higher education in the United States has been shaped by marketization and privatization. Efforts to critique these developments often rely on a contrast between a bleak …
Reparative Universities
Why Diversity Alone Won't Solve Racism in Higher Ed
Inbunden, 2023
496 kr
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A timely investigation of why diversity alone is insufficient in higher education and how universities can use reparative actions to become anti-racist institutions.As institutions increasingly reckon with histories entangled with slavery and Indigenous dispossession, diversity, equity, and …
Is College Worth It?
Class and the Myth of the College Premium
Inbunden, 2024
381 kr
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What is the true value of a college education?In this thought-provoking book, acclaimed cultural critic and professor of literature Richard Ohmann and noted critical scholar and pedagogue Ira Shor challenge the widely accepted notion of the "college premium": the economic advantage associated with …
Smart University
Student Surveillance in the Digital Age
Inbunden, 2024
355 kr
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How surveillance perpetuates long-standing injustices woven into the fabric of higher education.Higher education increasingly relies on digital surveillance in the United States. Administrators, consulting firms, and education technology vendors are celebrating digital tools as a means of ushering …
Climate Justice and the University
Shaping a Hopeful Future for All
Inbunden, 2024
438 kr
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A radical exploration of how higher education can advance transformative climate justice.Amid the worsening climate crisis and intensifying inequities, higher education can play a powerful role in addressing the intersecting crises facing humanity. Institutions of higher education hold untapped …
Policing Higher Education
The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters
Inbunden, 2025
381 kr
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On the essential role of higher education and academic freedom in thriving democracies.Silver Finalist of the 2025 Foreword INDIES Award, Education Category, by the FOREWORD Reviews, Winner of the 2026 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book AwardHigher education is facing an …
University Keywords
Av Andy Hines
Inbunden, 2025
403 kr
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How American universities operate as social and economic engines that shape society beyond their traditional educational roles.University Keywords gathers, contextualizes, and develops original understandings of 27 key terms that define the study and operation of the American university today. …
Start-Up Factory
How Entrepreneurialism Captured Higher Education
Inbunden, 2027
437 kr
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How the cult of capitalism reshaped the American university—and hollowed it out from within.Over the past several decades, American universities have been remade as engines of entrepreneurial ambition. Technology transfer offices, business incubators, pitch competitions, innovation hubs, and …
Hidden Architecture of College Financial Aid
Race and the Politics of College Access
Inbunden, 2027
437 kr
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Rethinking college financial aid through the lens of race, equity, and public policy.For millions of students, financial aid is meant to make college possible. Yet for many low-income students and students of color, obtaining that aid can become an obstacle course of confusing requirements, …
Great Mistake
How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them
Inbunden, 2017
362 kr
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Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a decade, the realm of American higher education has been wracked with …
Future of Academic Freedom
Inbunden, 2019
302 kr
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Few issues are as hotly debated or misunderstood as academic freedom. Reichman's book sheds light on and brings clarity to those debates.Winner of the Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award by the American Library AssociationAcademic freedom—crucial to the health of American higher education—is threatened on …
