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The Exchange University : Corporatization of Academic Culture.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (243 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774815710
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Exchange UniversityDDC classification:
  • 338.4/337871
LOC classification:
  • LC67.68.C2 -- E84 2008eb
Online resources:
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 Reform -- 8 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.
Summary: This book critically examines the commercialization of today's universities, under increasing economic pressure to develop human capital, science, and technology.
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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 Reform -- 8 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.

This book critically examines the commercialization of today's universities, under increasing economic pressure to develop human capital, science, and technology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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