{"product_id":"academia-inc-jamie-brownlee-9781552667354","title":"Academia, Inc.: How Corporatization Is Transforming Canadian Universities","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian universities are being slowly but inexorably corporatized. Casualizing academic labour, remaking students into consumers of education, implementing corporate management models and commercializing academic research all point to the ascendance of business interests and values in Canada's higher education system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcademia, Inc. examines the tensions that result from the merging of two fundamentally incompatible institutions -- the university and the corporation. Brownlee argues that moving from liberal education to corporate job training, public service to profit-making and critical research to commercial invention radically undermines the goals of higher education. Investigating the history, causes and impacts of corporatization, this book explores how this transformation has taken shape and its ramifications for both universities and society as a whole. Brownlee suggests several strategies for resisting this process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Brownlee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552667359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552667354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernwood Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Jamie Brownlee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372412948735,"sku":"9781552667354","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b4462b1-98d2-4743-a500-585ae660c1f1.jpg?v=1732725874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/academia-inc-jamie-brownlee-9781552667354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}