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The university in a corporate culture, Eric Gould

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Over the past century, higher education in the United States has developed an increasingly powerful corporate ethos, as institutions compete for students, faculty, and funding. This book examines how the liberal democratic principles driving higher education often conflict with market pressures to credential students and offer knowledge that has a clear exchange value. Eric Gould argues that the failure to structure the curriculum so that it integrates responsible social idealism and humanism with economic and cultural needs constitutes the moral crisis of the university. Gould analyzes the economics and politics of higher education, showing how student consumerism, culture wars, faculty alienation, trustee activism, and a split between the concepts of "culture" and "society" have all resulted from the unholy alliance between pragmatism, corporatism, and liberalism in higher education. He asserts that what is needed is a general education for undergraduates that promotes the ability to critique power relations (including those within higher education) so that students can understand how social forces--and their embodiment of ideas, ideologies, and claims for truth--shape contemporary public philosophy
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xviii, 243 pages
Contents
  • A complex mission in a market culture
  • The consumerist culture of the university
  • A corporate ethos
  • Faculty and the division of labor
  • The ideal of a liberal education
  • Knowledge, modernity, and pragmatism
  • Democratic education
Isbn
9780300087062
Instance
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The university in a corporate culture
Title
The university in a corporate culture
Statement of responsibility
Eric Gould
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Over the past century, higher education in the United States has developed an increasingly powerful corporate ethos, as institutions compete for students, faculty, and funding. This book examines how the liberal democratic principles driving higher education often conflict with market pressures to credential students and offer knowledge that has a clear exchange value. Eric Gould argues that the failure to structure the curriculum so that it integrates responsible social idealism and humanism with economic and cultural needs constitutes the moral crisis of the university. Gould analyzes the economics and politics of higher education, showing how student consumerism, culture wars, faculty alienation, trustee activism, and a split between the concepts of "culture" and "society" have all resulted from the unholy alliance between pragmatism, corporatism, and liberalism in higher education. He asserts that what is needed is a general education for undergraduates that promotes the ability to critique power relations (including those within higher education) so that students can understand how social forces--and their embodiment of ideas, ideologies, and claims for truth--shape contemporary public philosophy
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1943-
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Gould, Eric
Dewey number
338.4/3378
Index
index present
LC call number
LC67.62
LC item number
.G68 2003
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Education, Higher
  • Business and education
  • Education, Higher
  • Enseignement supérieur
  • Enseignement supérieur
  • Industrie et éducation
  • Enseignement supérieur
  • Industrie et éducation
  • Enseignement supérieur
  • Business and education
  • Education, Higher
  • Education, Higher
  • United States
  • Selbstverständnis
  • Universität
  • USA
  • Aspect économique
  • Culture d'entreprise
  • Enseignement universitaire
  • Finalité de l'éducation
  • Relation école-industrie
  • Université
  • États-Unis
  • Universität
  • Tertiärbereich
  • Wirtschaft
  • USA
Label
The university in a corporate culture, Eric Gould
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A complex mission in a market culture -- The consumerist culture of the university -- A corporate ethos -- Faculty and the division of labor -- The ideal of a liberal education -- Knowledge, modernity, and pragmatism -- Democratic education
Control code
ocm50554346
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xviii, 243 pages
Isbn
9780300087062
Lccn
2002014242
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o50554346
  • (OCoLC)50554346
Label
The university in a corporate culture, Eric Gould
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A complex mission in a market culture -- The consumerist culture of the university -- A corporate ethos -- Faculty and the division of labor -- The ideal of a liberal education -- Knowledge, modernity, and pragmatism -- Democratic education
Control code
ocm50554346
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xviii, 243 pages
Isbn
9780300087062
Lccn
2002014242
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o50554346
  • (OCoLC)50554346

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