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Title The exchange university : corporatization of academic culture / edited by Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
Contents Introduction. The exchange university / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher -- The academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime / Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades -- Academic culture and the research-Intensive university: the Impact of commercialism and scientism / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher -- The new production of researchers / Brigitte Gemme and Yves Gingras -- Public policy in Ontario higher education: from Frost to Harris / Paul Axelrod -- How fares equity in an era of academic capitalism? : the role of contingent faculty / Linda Muzzin -- Reclaiming our centre: toward a robust defence of academic autonomy / Janice Newson and Claire Polster -- "Gender at work" in teacher education: history, society, and global reform / Jo-Anne Dillabough and Sandra Acker -- The political economy of legal scholarship: a case study of the University of British Columbia Law School / Theresa Shanahan -- Keeping the commons in academic culture: protecting the knowledge commons from the enclosure of the knowledge economy / Jennifer Sumner -- Conclusion / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher
Summary "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."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject 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
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Academic spin-outs
Business and education
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
Higher education and state
Universities and colleges -- Finance
Kommerzialisierung
Intellektuelles Kapital
Hochschulbildung
Hochschule.
Hochschulpolitik.
Studium.
Kommerzialisierung.
Humankapital.
Wissenschaftstheorie.
Kanada.
Canada
Kanada
Form Electronic book
Author Fisher, Donald
Chan, Adrienne S.
ISBN 9780774815710
077481571X
1282457314
9781282457317
9786612457319
6612457317