Topic: Corporatization and commercialization
Corporatization and commercialization, Performance assessment, Universities and the academic mission
Final Observations of Canadian University Rankings: A Misadventure Now Over Two Decades Long
In November, 2012, Maclean’s published its 21st annual rankings of Canadian universities. Indeed, the ranking of universities has become a popular exercise […]
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Coursera, or Socrates was not a Content Provider: The University of Toronto and Coursera Agreement
The Globe and Mail reported recently that the University of Toronto was the latest signatory to an agreement with Coursera, a Web-based […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Intellectual property, Libraries, Public policy, Teaching and learning, Technology
Copyright discourse in the academy: Values, policies, and technology
The university needs to appreciate better the intertwined relationship between values, policies, and technologies with respect to copyright issues.
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Intellectuals and Democracy
What’s an education for? Philosopher Mark Kingwell analyzes our era’s market-utility responses to this question. He argues, however, that education is about making us better and more engaged citizens, perhaps even better people.
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Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Universities and the academic mission
The Last Professors: A eulogy to “the Last Good Job in America”
Frank Donoghue: The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities (Fordham University Press, 2008)
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Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Governance, Performance assessment
Chronicles of Faculty Idealism, Disenchantment, and Resistance
A collection of the recollections and analyses of long-service academics, who have faced the disenchantment many academics feel, could be a valuable resource for dialogue on our campuses.
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Higher Education or Education for Hire? Corporatization and the Threat to Democratic Thinking
Teaching critical thinking is the university’s democratic mission, argues the University of Ottawa’s Joel Westheimer, and today’s universities are failing to deliver. Universities need to reverse the trend that has them focusing on workforce preparation and the commercialization of knowledge and resurrect higher education’s public purpose.
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Class Warriors
Professor William Ayers, banned last year from speaking at the University of Nebraska, argues that the current trend towards “academic capitalism” gives faculty the moment to speak up – and act up.
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