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University, Inc: The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education

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Jennifer Washburn is currently a Fellow at the New America Foundation. Formerly a Fellow at the Open Society Institute and a senior research associate for the Arms Trade Resource Center of the World Policy Institute at the New School for Social Research Washburn writes for The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, Lingua Franca, the American Prospect, and other national magazines. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Jennifer Washburn, a scholar and journalist, reveals how the growing influence of corporations over universities compromises the future of all those whose careers depend on a university education, and all those who will be employed, governed, or taught by the products of American universities.
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Table of Contents

A new kind of uprising at Berkeley — The lessons of history — The birth of the market-model U — The republic of science in turmoil — Are conflicts of interest hazardous to our health? — The university as business — Dreaming of Silicon Valley — Paying more for less: the commercial squeeze on teaching & the humanities — The path forward: preserving the public domain.

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ISBN:
9780786722389
Subtitle:
The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education
Publisher:
Basic Books
Author:
Jennifer Washburn
Author:
Washburn, Jennifer
Subject:
Higher
Subject:
Finance
Subject:
Industries - General
Subject:
General education.
Subject:
Education-Higher Education
Subject:
Education-Learning Disabilities
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20060822
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
328
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