Academic capitalism and the entrepreneurial university

Some perspectives from the Americas

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4448558
AutoresPatrícia Somers (The University of Texas at Austin), Cory Davis (The University of Texas at Austin), Jessica Fry, Jessica J Fry (The University of Texas at Austin), Lisa Jasinski (0000-0001-8031-4605, The University of Texas at Austin), Elida Lee (The University of Texas at Austin)
Ano2018
Volume43
Fascículo1
Páginas21-42
Data de publicação2018-04-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRoteiro (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0104-4311 • E-ISSN: 2177-6059
EditoraUniversidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.18593/r.v43i1.13088
OpenAlexW2797888676
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas5

Since the Worldwide Financial Crisis of 2008, higher education institutions around the world have been forced to change their financial practices to focus on the bottom line. One such approach is academic capitalism, the heart of which is the entrepreneurial university which views faculty members as producers of capital (not educators), students as consumers (not learners), and business/industry, accreditors, and NGOs as valued business partners. This article defines academic capitalism, reviews the research literature, presents perspectives of academic capitalism in the Americas and discusses the implications of academic capitalism for Latin America. The article ends using anthropophagi to assess what is useful about academic capitalism for Brazil

Capital (architecture) · Capitalism · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Latin Americans · Political science · Sociology · Education and Public Policy · Higher Education Governance and Development · Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis · Law