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Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Academic Capitalism and the New Economy by Sheila Slaughter, Gary Rhoades Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this groundbreaking study offers essential insights into the trajectory of American higher education. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post-industrial economy, they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in profit-oriented activities. In Academic Capitalism and the New Economy, higher education scholars Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades detail the aggressive engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in the knowledge-based economy and analyze the efforts of colleges and universities to develop, market, and sell research products, educational services, and consumer goods in the private marketplace. Slaughter and Rhoades track changes in policy and practice, revealing new social networks and circuits of knowledge creation and dissemination, as well as new organizational structures and expanded managerial capacity to link higher education institutions and markets. They depict an ascendant academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime expressed in faculty work, departmental activity, and administrative behavior.Clarifying the regimes internal contradictions, they note the public subsidies embedded in new revenue streams and the shift in emphasis from serving student customers to leveraging resources from them. Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this groundbreaking study offers essential insights into the trajectory of American higher education. Notes In the field of higher education and studies of colleges and universities, which are so dominated by stale and antiquated atheoretical arguments, this is the most innovative and important book to come along in years. -- Robert Rhoads, UCLA Back Cover As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post-industrial economy, they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in profit-oriented activities. In Academic Capitalism and the New Economy , higher education scholars Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades detail the aggressive engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in the knowledge-based economy and analyze the efforts of colleges and universities to develop, market, and sell research products, educational services, and consumer goods in the private marketplace. "Perhaps the best book for understanding the commercialization and commodification within higher education is Slaughter and Rhoadess Academic Capitalism and the New Economy ... It tracks the deep and pervasive changes in policy and practice that have created new social network and organizational structures, vastly changing the function and role of higher education to serve corporate interests... and covers a variety of topics including expansion of patenting and patent policies, copyright policies, ownership of courseware and teaching materials, entrepreneurial activities by departments, corporate connections of university trustees, and advertising and branding contracts." --Journal of Higher Education "Slaughter and Rhoades offer the most coherent account of how the academy is mired in commercialism."-- Academe "Provides a densely detailed and chilling description of the current state of the university in the United States."-- Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies "All students of the educational arrangements in the new economy will find themselves in debt to the authors for their far-reaching theory of academic capitalism, for the wide variety of studies they offer to confirm it, and for the standard they set and the model they provide for subsequent work."-- Teachers College Record "This carefully argued and documented book fosters critical understanding of, if not the possibilities for regime change, the implications of our actions."-- Review of Higher Education Flap As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post-industrial economy, they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in profit-oriented activities. In Academic Capitalism and the New Economy , higher education scholars Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades detail the aggressive engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in the knowledge-based economy and analyze the efforts of colleges and universities to develop, market, and sell research products, educational services, and consumer goods in the private marketplace. "Perhaps the best book for understanding the commercialization and commodification within higher education is Slaughter and Rhoadess Academic Capitalism and the New Economy . . . It tracks the deep and pervasive changes in policy and practice that have created new social network and organizational structures, vastly changing the function and role of higher education to serve corporate interests . . . and covers a variety of topics including expansion of patenting and patent policies, copyright policies, ownership of courseware and teaching materials, entrepreneurial activities by departments, corporate connections of university trustees, and advertising and branding contracts." --Journal of Higher Education "Slaughter and Rhoades offer the most coherent account of how the academy is mired in commercialism."-- Academe "Provides a densely detailed and chilling description of the current state of the university in the United States."-- Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies "All students of the educational arrangements in the new economy will find themselves in debt to the authors for their far-reaching theory of academic capitalism, for the wide variety of studies they offer to confirm it, and for the standard they set and the model they provide for subsequent work."-- Teachers College Record "This carefully argued and documented book fosters critical understanding of, if not the possibilities for regime change, the implications of our actions."-- Review of Higher Education Author Biography Sheila Slaughter is a professor of higher education at the University of Georgia and coauthor, with Larry L. Leslie, of Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the Entrepreneurial University, also published by Johns Hopkins. Gary Rhoades is director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona and general secretary of the American Association of University Professors. Table of Contents List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1. The Theory of Academic Capitalism2. The Policy Climate for Academic Capitalism3. Patent Policies: Legislative Change and Commercial Expansion4. Patent Policies Play Out: Student and Faculty Life5. Copyright: Institutional Policies and Practices6. Copyrights Play Out: Commodifying the Core Academic Function7. Academic Capitalism at the Department Level8. Administrative Academic Capitalism9. Networks of Power: Boards of Trustees and Presidents10. Sports R Us: Contracts, Trademarks, and Logos11. Undergraduate Students and Educational Markets12. The Academic Capitalist Knowledge/Learning RegimeReferencesIndex Review Painstakingly researched... Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades warn of increasingly blurred boundaries among higher education, the state and the world of commerce. -- Sharon Singleton Connection The writers have made careers out of studying the issues they write about. They certainly have done their homework. -- Charles Pekow Community College Week Slaughter and Rhoades offer the most coherent account of how the academy is mired in commercialism. -- Roger W. Bowen Academe Unlike other recent popular works,... this one is not critical or afraid of intersections of higher education and the world of corporate sponsorships; the authors just want to help universities exploit these new opportunities for fun and profit. Choice Provides a densely detailed and chilling description of the current state of the university in the United States. -- Alison Hearn Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies Represents a timely scholarly work that unveils the complex development of academic capitalism and calls for a critical re-examination of the mission of higher education institutions. -- Huey-li Li Educational Foundations An impressive book and a major contribution to knowledge... The theory of academic capitalism presented in its pages will certainly stimulate and guide further studies in higher education for some time to come... All students of the educational arrangements in the new economy will find themselves in debt to the authors for their farreaching theory of academic capitalism, the wide variety of studies they offer to confirm it, and for the standard they set and the model they provide for subsequent work. -- Leonard J. Waks Teachers College Record The strength of this volume is their treatment of the impact of academic capitalism on academic work. -- Edward P. St. John Contemporary Sociology This carefully argued and documented book fosters critical understanding of, if not the possibilities for regime change, the implications of our actions. -- Susan Talburt Review of Higher Education Perhaps the best book for understanding the commercialization and commodification within higher education is Slaughter and Rhoadess Academic Capitalism and the New Economy... It tracks the deep and pervasive changes in policy and practice that have created new social network and organizational structures, vastly changing the function and role of higher education to serve corporate interests... and covers a variety of topics including expansion of patenting and patent policies, copyright policies, ownership of courseware and teaching materials, entrepreneurial activities by departments, corporate connections of university trustees, and advertising and branding contracts. -- Adrianna Kezar Journal of Higher Education An important and much needed critical perspective. -- Irwin Feller Journal of Higher Education Promotional In the field of higher education and studies of colleges and universities, which are so dominated by stale and antiquated atheoretical arguments, this is the most innovative and important book to come along in years. -- Robert Rhoads, UCLA Long Description As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post-industrial economy, they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in profit-oriented activities. In Academic Capitalism and the New Economy, higher education scholars Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades detail the aggressive engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in the knowledge-based economy and analyze the efforts of colleges and universities to develop, market, and sell research products, educational services, and consumer goods in the private marketplace.Slaughter and Rhoades track changes in policy and practice, revealing new social networks and circuits of knowledge creation and dissemination, as well as new organizational structures and expanded managerial capacity to link higher education institutions and markets. They depict an ascendant academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime expressed in faculty work, departmental activity, and administrative behavior. Clarifying the regimes internal contradictions, they note the public subsidies embedded in new revenue streams and the shift in emphasis from serving student customers to leveraging resources from them. Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this groundbreaking study offers essential insights into the trajectory of American higher education.In the field of higher education and studies of colleges and universities, which are so dominated by stale and antiquated atheoretical arguments, this is the most innovative and important book to come along in years.--Robert Rhoads, UCLAAn important and much needed critical perspective.--Irwin Feller, Professor Emeritus, Economics, Pennsylvania State University, Journal of Higher EducationPainstakingly researched . . . Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades warn of increasingly blurred boundaries among higher education, the state and the world of commerce.--Sharon Singleton, ConnectionThe writers have made careers out of studying the issues they write about. They certainly have done their homework.--Charles Pekow, Community College WeekSlaughter and Rhoades offer the most coherent account of how the academy is mired in commercialism.--Roger W. Bowen, AcademeUnlike other recent popular works, . . . this one is not critical or afraid of intersections of higher education and the world of corporate sponsorships; the authors just want to help universities exploit these new opportunities for fun and profit.--ChoiceProvides a densely detailed and chilling description of the current state of the university in the United States.--Alison Hearn, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural StudiesRepresents a timely scholarly work that unveils the complex development of academic capitalism and calls for a critical re-examination of the mission of higher education institutions.--Huey-li Li, Educational FoundationsAn impressive book and a major contribution to knowledge . . . The theory of academic capitalism presented in its pages will certainly stimulate and guide further studies in higher education for some time to come . . . All students of the educational arrangements in the new economy will find themselves in debt to the authors for their farreaching theory of academic capitalism, the wide variety of studies they offer to confirm it, and for the standard they set and the model they provide for subsequent work.--Leonard J. Waks, Teachers College RecordThe strength of this volume is their treatment of the impact of academic capitalism on academic work.--Edward P. St. John, Contemporary SociologyThis carefully argued and documented book fosters critical understanding of, if not the possibilities for regime change, the implications of our actions.--Susan Talburt, Review of Higher EducationPerhaps the best book for understanding the commercialization and commodification within higher education is Slaughter and Rhoadess Academic Capitalism and the New Economy . . . It tracks the deep and pervasive changes in policy and practice that have created new social network and organizational structures, vastly changing the function and role of higher education to serve corporate interests . . . and covers a variety of topics including expansion of patenting and patent policies, copyright policies, ownership of courseware and teaching materials, entrepreneurial activities by departments, corporate connections of university trustees, and advertising and branding contracts.--Journal of Higher Education Review Text ""An important and much needed critical perspective."" Review Quote Unlike other recent popular works,... this one is not critical or afraid of intersections of higher education and the world of corporate sponsorships; the authors just want to help universities exploit these new opportunities for fun and profit. Details ISBN0801892333 Author Gary Rhoades Short Title ACADEMIC CAPITALISM & THE NEW Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English ISBN-10 0801892333 ISBN-13 9780801892332 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle Markets, State, and Higher Education Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Audience Age 17 Residence US Illustrations 5 Line drawings, black and white NZ Release Date 2009-07-27 US Release Date 2009-07-27 UK Release Date 2009-07-27 Pages 384 Publication Date 2009-07-27 Alternative 9780801879494 DEWEY 338.4337873 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2009-06-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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