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Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the effor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bok, Derek Curtis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States.
Business and education > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Industrie et éducation > États-Unis.
Universités > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Business and education.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. He shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what universities can do to limit the damage.Commercialization has many causes, but it could never have grown to its present state ha.
Notas:Originally published: 2003.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400825493
1400825490

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