Universities in the Marketplace : The Commercialization of Higher Education /

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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
Autor principal: Bok, Derek Curtis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Business and education.
EDUCATION > Finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Universites > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique.
Industrie et education > États-Unis.
Enseignement superieur > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects.
Business and education > United States.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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 (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400825493

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