Knowledge for sale : the neoliberal takeover of higher education / Lawrence Busch.
"A new philosophy of higher education has taken hold in institutions around the world. Its supporters disavow the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake and argue that the only knowledge worth pursuing is that with more or less immediate market value. Every other kind of learning is downgraded,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Infrastructures series.
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| Summary: | "A new philosophy of higher education has taken hold in institutions around the world. Its supporters disavow the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake and argue that the only knowledge worth pursuing is that with more or less immediate market value. Every other kind of learning is downgraded, its budget cut. In Knowledge for Sale, Lawrence Busch challenges this market-driven approach."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as Le marché aux connaissances by Lawrence Busch ©2014 Éditions Quae. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 026203607X 9780262036078 |