Business valuing in academia: The American university as a center for profit or inquiry?

Frank W Lutz; Robert W Field

doi:10.1023/A:1003473919179

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Business valuing in academia: The American university as a center for profit or inquiry?

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Business valuing in academia: The American university as a center for profit or inquiry?

Frank W Lutz and Robert W Field

Higher education, v 36(4), pp 383-419

1998

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003473919179

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Abstract

Hochschulunterricht

United States

Kritik

Kapazität

Literaturbericht

Hochschulgröße

Hochschulverwaltung

Hochschule

Hochschulwesen

Gesellschaft

Lehre

Hochschulausbildung

Akademische Freiheit

The article reviews critical statements about the conditions of the US university as published in popular ("muckracking") journals, higher education journals and professional education books. The following issues emerged as being critizised in the publications included into the study: 1) education of / for the masses, elitism; 2) research vs. teaching, teaching in higher education; 3) academic freedom; 4) business and government influence; 5) athletics in university. (DIPF/Bi.)