Universities in the marketplace : the commercialization of higher education /
Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the effor...
Основен автор: | Bok, Derek Curtis. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2005.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295562 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Universities in the marketplace. |
Резюме: |
Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. He shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what universities can do to limit the damage.Commercialization has many causes, but it could never have grown to its present state ha. |
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Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published: 2003. |
Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781400825493 1400825490 |