Universities in the Marketplace The Commercialization of Higher Education

Name: Universities in the Marketplace The Commercialization of Higher Education
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ISBN: 9780691120126

ISBN-10: 0691120129

ISBN-13: 9780691120126

Edition: 2003

Authors: Derek Bok

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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 had it not been for the recent, rapid growth of money-making opportunities in a more…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/5/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English