The exchange university : corporatization of academic culture

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The exchange university : corporatization of academic culture

edited by Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher ; [contributors, Sandra Acker ... et al.]

UBC Press, c2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: The Exchange University / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher 1 The Academic Capitalist Knowledge/Learning Regime / Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades 2 Academic Culture and the Research-Intensive University: The Impact of Commercialism and Scientism / Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher 3 The New Production of Researchers / Brigitte Gemme and Yves Gingras 4 Public Policy in Ontario Higher Education: From Frost to Harris / Paul Axelrod 5 How Fares Equity in an Era of Academic Capitalism? The Role of Contingent Faculty / Linda Muzzin 6 Reclaiming Our Centre: Toward a Robust Defence of Academic Autonomy / Janice Newson and Claire Polster 7 "Gender at Work" in Teacher Education: History, Society, and Global Reform / Jo-Anne Dillabough and Sandra Acker 8 The Political Economy of Legal Scholarship: A Case Study of the University of British Columbia Law School / Theresa Shanahan 9 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 Index

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