El. knyga: Failing Universities: How Higher Education Became a Commodity and What We Can Do About It

This is a must-read for those troubled by the current state of higher education in the United States. Following their detailed and penetrating analysis of the processes of commodification and corporatization impacting upon American universities and colleges, the authors present an inspiring blueprint for educational reform and revitalization. -- Michael Seltzer, Professor Emeritus, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway As this eye-opening book clearly demonstrates, in a country where GDP is the measure of national success, and maximum income the measure of personal success, our universities are unsurprisingly abandoning the humanities and critical thinking for the values of Midas. Santayana warned that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. May this well-researched volume help us turn the Titanic of higher education around. -- John De Graaf, Co-Author of "Whats The Economy For, Anyway?" (Bloomsbury, 2011) Failing Universities is a timely, important, and controversial work that is broad, scholarly, and databased. Written by experts, it reveals how universities have changed in their administration, funding, operations, and expenses and, significantly, suggests useful ways of getting them back on track to their original educational mission. -- Steven Rose, Professor Emeritus, George Mason University, USA