Making the world global : U.S. universities and the production of the global imaginary /

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Isaac A. Komola examines how the relationships between universities, the American state, philanthropic organizations, and international financial institutions inform the academic understanding of the world as global in ways that frame higher education as a commodity, private good, and source of huma...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kamola, Isaac A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > United States > Finance.
Universities and colleges > United States > Finance.
Educational fund raising > United States.
Education and globalization.
Universités > États-Unis > Finances.
Éducation > Collecte de fonds > États-Unis.
Éducation et mondialisation.
EDUCATION / Higher
Education, Higher > Finance.
Educational fund raising.
Universities and colleges > Finance.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Creative imagination" is needed : W.W. Rostow and the rise of modernization as a national imaginary
  • "The world's largest ... development institution" : Robert McNamara and the national development imaginary
  • "Marketing can be magic" : Theodore Levitt and globalization as a market imaginary
  • "Realities of the global economy" : A.W. Clausen and the banker's global imaginary
  • "Stakeholders and co-investors ... have "reform" on their mind" : Kenneth Prewitt and the defunding of area studies
  • "An opportunity to transform the university and, frankly, the world" : John Sexton and the global networked university.

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