Innovation, profit and the common good in higher education : the new alchemy / John Harpur.

By: Harpur, John, 1958-Material type: TextTextSeries: Issues in higher education (New York, N.Y.): Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: x, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780230537873 (hardback); 0230537871 (hardback)Subject(s): Education, Higher -- Economic aspects | Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives | Higher education and state | Business and educationDDC classification: 338.4/3378 LOC classification: LC67.6 | .H37 2010
Contents:
Prolegomenon: University ethics and the last of the lost resources. -- Shopping in the Aula Maxima: Furniture for the masses -- Atlantic mouse becomes celtic tiger: A new celtic world order? -- Science and the universities: Shilling for a living? -- The new Firing up the new alchemy: The furnace of innovation -- Secrets: The future of the future university.
Summary: "Exploring the current commercialisation and innovation policies in higher education, this book examines the the way in which higher education is being transformed to accommodate business methods"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Exploring the current commercialisation and innovation policies in higher education, this book examines the the way in which higher education is being transformed to accommodate business methods"--Provided by publisher.

Prolegomenon: University ethics and the last of the lost resources. -- Shopping in the Aula Maxima: Furniture for the masses -- Atlantic mouse becomes celtic tiger: A new celtic world order? -- Science and the universities: Shilling for a living? -- The new Firing up the new alchemy: The furnace of innovation -- Secrets: The future of the future university.

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