Academic capitalism and the new economy : markets, state, and higher education / Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades

Author:: Slaughter, Sheila
Published:: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Physical Description:: xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Rhoades, Gary

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Contents:

The theory of academic capitalism -- The policy climate for academic capitalism -- Patent policies: legislative change and commercial expansion -- Patent policies play out: student and faculty life -- Copyright: institutional policies and practices -- Copyrights play out: commodifying the core academic function -- Academic capitalism at the department level -- Administrative academic capitalism -- Networks of power: boards of trustees and presidents -- Sports 'R' Us: contracts, trademarks, and logos / by Samantha King and Sheila Slaughter -- Undergraduate students and educational markets -- The academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime.

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0801879493 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-366) and index.

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