Innovation, Profit and the Common Good in Higher Education - The New Alchemy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2010)

University ethics is everyone's business, and big business is what the university is all about whether in the US, Europe or the rest of the world. How this has come about is less important than that it has, and is being taken very seriously by global and national forces. The important issue confronting higher education is its assumed role in guaranteeing economic prosperity. Governments are no longer content to let research leak out serendipitously into the economy. The Post-Industrial Society, Information Society, Knowledge Economy and Smart Economy require nothing less than commercially directed research producing innovatory products. The public interest is reduced to economic measures. The political, social and moral implications of changing practices in the university are rarely acknowledged in the rise of the New Alchemy. This book examines the resulting ambiguities and questionable evidence in favour of current polices.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Issues in Higher Education
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	J. Harpur
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	310
Edition:	1st ed. 2010
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-35951-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Geological surface processes (geomorphology) > General Promotions
LSN:	1-349-35951-3
Barcode:	9781349359516

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