Innovation, profit and the common good in higher education
Subtitle: the new alchemy
By: John Harpur.
Series: Issues in higher education series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780230537873
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Economic aspects; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives; Higher education and state; Business and education
Description: "Exploring the current commercialisation and innovation policies in higher education, this book examines the the way in which higher education is being transformed to accommodate business methods"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Prolegomenon: University Ethics and the Last of the Lost Resources.; title: Shopping in the Aula Maxima: Furniture for the Masses.; title: Atlantic Mouse Becomes Celtic Tiger: A New Celtic World Order?; title: Science and the Universities: Shilling for a Living?; title: Firing Up the New Alchemy: The Furnace of Innovation and Profit; title: Secrets: The Future of the Future University.