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Transformations in Research, Higher Education and the Academic Market: The Breakdown of Scientific Thought
Sharon Rider (Ed.)
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Hardback. This book addresses the dangers of mixing business with academics. It shows that the very characteristics that made higher education a success are being eroded and replaced by ideological opportunism and economic expediency. Editor(s): Rider, Sharon; Hasselberg, Ylva; Waluszewski, Alexandra. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
This volume tackles head-on the controversy regarding the tensions between the principles underlying Academe on the one hand, and the free market on the other. Its outspoken thesis posits that seemingly irresistible institutional pressures are betraying a core principle of the Enlightenment: that the free pursuit of knowledge is of the highest value in its own right. As `market principles' are forced on universities, inducing a neoteric culture of `managerialism', many worry that the very characteristics that made European higher education in particular such a success are being eroded and replaced by ideological opportunism and economic expediency. ... Read more
This volume tackles head-on the controversy regarding the tensions between the principles underlying Academe on the one hand, and the free market on the other. Its outspoken thesis posits that seemingly irresistible institutional pressures are betraying a core principle of the Enlightenment: that the free pursuit of knowledge is of the highest value in its own right. As `market principles' are forced on universities, inducing a neoteric culture of `managerialism', many worry that the very characteristics that made European higher education in particular such a success are being eroded and replaced by ideological opportunism and economic expediency. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Higher Education Dynamics
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400752481
SKU
V9789400752481
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