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320 p. : 4 4. |
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02 64.63 GBP 00 S 53.86 20.0 64.63 10.77 GB xxk Palgrave Macmillan onix-pt |
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Issues in higher education
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Electronic book text. |
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Originally published in: 2010. |
| Contents |
Author Preface Series Editor Preface Prolegomenon Shopping in the Aula Maxima Atlantic Mouse Becomes Celtic Tiger Science and Universities: Shilling for a Living? Firing up the New Alchemy -- The Furnace of Innovation and Profit Secrets -- The Future of the Future University References. |
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| Summary |
Exploring the current commercialization and innovation policies in higher education, this book examines the way it is being transformed to accommodate business methods. University ethics is everyone's business, and big business is what the university is all about whether in the US, Europe or the rest of the world. How this has come about is less important than that it has, and is being taken very seriously by global and national forces. The important issue confronting higher education is its assumed role in guaranteeing economic prosperity. Governments are no longer content to let research leak out serendipitously into the economy. The Post-Industrial Society, Information Society, Knowledge Economy and Smart Economy require nothing less than commercially directed research producing innovatory products. The public interest is reduced to economic measures. The political, social and moral implications of changing practices in the university are rarely acknowledged in the rise of the New Alchemy. This book examines the resulting ambiguities and questionable evidence in favour of current polices. |
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| Biography |
JOHN HARPUR is Lecturer in the Computer Science Department, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland. In 1998, he was awarded the Applied Ergonomics award for contributions to Human Factors. Along with academic articles, he has authored two books dealing with Asperger Syndrome directed at adolescents and college students. Between 2002 and 2006, he served as a Vice President in the Irish Federation of University Teachers. |
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Business and education.
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Higher education and state.
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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Higher & further education, tertiary education.
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Education.
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| ISBN |
9780230274624 : £64.63 |
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0230274625 : £64.63 |
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