The consumer experience of higher education
Subtitle: the rise of capsule education
By: Deirdre McArdle-Clinton.
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781847062093
Subjects: Education, Higher; Education, Higher -- Ireland
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Modernism, postmodernism, and higher education; title: The packaging of education : education as oppression; title: Education systems : education as an industry; title: Naming the industry's products : education terminologies; title: Postmodern consumer culture : the effect on education; title: Measuring the grade and quality of education; title: Education : agent for social placement; title: From Masefield to massification; title: The consumer experience of higher education; title: The testimony of teachers; title: The testimony of students; title: Reflections; title: An alternative view; title: Exploring the metaphor; title: A compromise proposal.