||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A Nice Delineation of the Issues|By Richard B. Schwartz|Nonacademic observers frequently express the wish that universities `be run like businesses'. The (often sad) fact is that they already are so run, to the detriment of academic principle and academic quality. Derek Bok is all too aware of these realities and explores them in this relatively brief book.
He is|From The New England Journal of Medicine|Why should this book about the commercialization of higher education, written by a former president of Harvard University, be reviewed in a medical journal? And what relevance does his thoughtful analysis of the corrosiv
Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. He shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what...
[PDF.bg67] Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education (The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education) Rating: 3.71 (511 Votes)
Universities in the Marketplace: Derek Bok pdf Universities in the Marketplace: Derek Bok pdf download Universities in the Marketplace: Derek Bok audiobook Universities in the Marketplace: Derek Bok review Universities in the Marketplace: Derek Bok summary Universities in the Marketplace: Derek Bok Free
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education (The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education) | Derek Bok. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
