Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Leslie, Larry L.

Description

1. ix, 276 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. The globalization of the political economy at the end of the twentieth century is destabilizing the patterns of university professional work developed over the past hundred years. One of the major changes that has taken place as a result of globalization is that faculty, who were previously situated between capital and labor, are now positioned squarely in the marketplace.
2. To grasp the extent of changes taking place and to understand the forces of change, Academic Capitalism examines the current state of academic careers and institutions, with a particular focus on public research universities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In this wide-ranging analysis, Slaughter and Leslie leave no aspect of academic work unexplored: undergraduate and graduate education, teaching and research, student aid policies, and federal research policies. All are part of the equation. The authors pay particular attention to how faculty spend their time, what forces drive their choices of activities, and what this means for higher education.

Subject

1. Freie Universität Berlin Allgemeiner Studentenausschuß Kulturreferat
2. Education, Higher > Economic aspects
3. College teachers > Economic conditions
4. Higher education and state
5. Education, Higher > Political aspects
6. Technology transfer
7. Technology Transfer
8. Public Policy
9. College teachers > Economic conditions
10. Education, Higher > Economic aspects
11. Education, Higher > Political aspects
12. Higher education and state
13. Technology transfer
14. Hochschulökonomie
15. Wirtschaft
16. Marktanpassung
17. Forschungsfinanzierung
18. Marktwirtschaft
19. Management
20. Universität
21. Universiteiten
22. Sociaal-economische verandering
23. Marktmechanisme
24. Ondernemerschap
25. College teachers > Economic aspects
26. Englisches Sprachgebiet
27. Australien
28. Großbritannien
29. Kanada
30. USA

Contents

1. Ch. 1. Academic Capitalism -- Ch. 2. Academic Science and Technology in the Global Marketplace -- Ch. 3. Organizational Turbulence and Resource Dependence -- Ch. 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Academic Capitalism -- Ch. 5. Technology Transfer Strategies as a Response to Resource Dependence -- Ch. 6. Entrepreneurial Knowledge -- Ch. 7. Reprise: Academic Capitalism -- Appendix. Changes in Financing Higher Education in OECD Countries and the Four Nations.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.