Knowledge for Sale
The Neoliberal Takeover of Higher Education
$44.29
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2023
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.
The rationale for the current thinking, Busch explains, comes from neoliberal economics, whi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549264 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262549263 |
| Author: | Lawrence Busch |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 137mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
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Lawrence Busch
Lawrence Busch is University Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and the author of Standards- Recipes for Reality (MIT Press).
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