University, Inc.: The Corporate Corruption of Higher EducationJennifer Washburn, a scholar and journalist, reveals how the growing influence of corporations over universities compromises the future of all those whose careers depend on a university education, and all those who will be employed, governed, or taught by the products of American universities. |
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Contents
| 1 | |
The Lessons of History | 25 |
The Birth of the MarketModel U | 49 |
The Republic of Science in Turmoil | 73 |
Are Conflicts of Interest Hazardous to Our Health? | 103 |
The University as Business | 137 |
Dreaming of Silicon Valley | 171 |
8 | 199 |
Preserving the Public | 225 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | University, Inc.: The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education |
| Author | Jennifer Washburn |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 078672238X, 9780786722389 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › Education / General |
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