The Academy in Crisis: The Political Economy of Higher EducationJohn W. Sommer Transaction Publishers - 329 pages "The Academy in Crisis is a provocative contribution to an important debate....The costs of goverment support for American universities are not negligible. They include stress on some of the core values of universities and of science-vaules like openness, collaboration, and collegiality-and pressure, too, on other central institutional responsibilities, such as the education of undergradutes." Robert M. Rosenzweig, former president, Association of American Universities |
Contents
The Politicization of Higher Learning | 15 |
The Evolution of American Higher Education | 21 |
The Political Context of Higher | 45 |
A History and Critical Analysis | 69 |
Higher Education the Individual and the Humane Sciences | 95 |
The Political Economy of Higher Learning | 127 |
The Economics of Higher Education | 135 |
The Economics of Fundamental Research | 171 |
Property Rights in Academe | 197 |
Normative and Positive Theories of Science | 225 |
Science and Technology for Economic Ends | 257 |
Universities and the Training of Scientists | 287 |
About the Contributors | 305 |
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The Academy in Crisis: Political Economy of Higher Education Arthur Asa Berger No preview available - 2017 |
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