Academic capitalism and the entrepreneurial university

Some perspectives from the Americas

Bibliographic Data

ID4448558
AuthorsPatrícia 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)
Year2018
Volume43
Issue1
Pages21-42
Publication date2018-04-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRoteiro (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-4311 • E-ISSN: 2177-6059
PublisherUniversidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.18593/r.v43i1.13088
OpenAlexW2797888676
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited5

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