Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-366) and index.
The theory of academic capitalism -- The policy climate for academic capitalism -- Patent policies : legislative change and commercial expansion -- Patent policies play out : student and faculty life -- Copyright : institutional policies and practices -- Copyrights play out : commodifying the core academic function -- Academic capitalism at the department level -- Administrative academic capitalism -- Networks of power : boards of trustees and presidents -- Sports 'R' Us : contracts, trademarks, and logos / by Samantha King and Sheila Slaughter -- Undergraduate students and educational markets -- The academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime.
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"Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this study offers insights into the trajectory of American higher education."--Jacket.
"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 regime's 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."
Business and education-- United States.
Education, Higher-- Economic aspects-- United States.
Universities and colleges-- United States-- Sociological aspects.