Public Universities, Managerialism and the Value of Higher Education

Public Universities, Managerialism and the Value of Higher Education by Rob Watts.

This book provides a rigorous examination into the realities of the current university system in Britain, America and Australia. The radical makeover of the higher education system which began in the 1980s has conventionally been understood as universities being transformed into businesses which sel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watts, Rob (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Palgrave Critical University Studies,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Higher education.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Education and state.
Education—Philosophy.
Educational sociology.
Management.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Thinking about the Public University
  • Chapter 2. The Good Ol' Days: Life in the Public University
  • Chapter 3. Universities under the Sign of the Market
  • Chapter 4. The Idea of 'Marketizing' the University: Against Magical Thinking
  • Chapter 5. The Rise of the Manageriat
  • Chapter 6. Teaching in the 'Marketized' University
  • Chapter 7. The Student Experience
  • Chapter 8. The Fate of Knowledge in the Modern University
  • Conclusion: Thinking into the Future.

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