The academy in crisis
Subtitle: the political economy of higher education
By: edited by John W. Sommer ; foreword by Nathan Glazer.
Contributors: Sommer, John W., 1938-
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Higher education and state -- United States; Federal aid to higher education -- United States; University autonomy -- United States; Federal aid to research -- United States; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States
Description: "Assembling a methodical examination of government's pervasive involvement in higher education and academic research, The Academy in Crisis vividly shows that the real beneficiaries are middle- and upper-income students and the educational establishment itself, who exploit the rest of society, especially the poor. In a stimulating and innovative analysis, the book further traces the symptoms of academic decay to the perverse incentives facing those within the modern bureaucracies of higher education." "The trashing of American higher education has become a growth sector in the intellectual marketplace. However, The Academy in Crisis shows that the problems run deeper than nostalgia for "the good old days." With government determining the contours of higher education, meaningful reform will never be successful until battle is waged with the resulting government-university complex."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American higher education / John W. Sommer; title: The evolution of American higher education / Roger E. Meiners; title: In service to the state / Joel H. Spring; title: Federal student aid / C. Ronald Kimberling; title: Higher education, the individual, and the humane sciences / Antony Flew; title: The economics of higher education / Edwin G. West; title: The economics of fundamental research / Stephen P. Dresch; title: Property rights in academe / Roger E. Meiners and Robert J. Staaf; title: Normative and positive theories of science and technology policy / Peter H. Aranson; title: Science and technology for economic ends / Joseph P. Martino; title: Universities and the training of scientists / Cotton M. Lindsay.