Routledge Advances in Sociology Academic capitalism: universities in the global struggle for excellence
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0415840147
ISBN 13
9780415840149
Category
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
Pages
298
Subject
Universities and colleges--Economic aspects
Series Name
Description
Investigates the intensifying struggle for excellence between universities in a globalized academic field. This stratification is produced and continuously reproduced by the intensified struggle for funds with the shrinking of block grants and the growing significance of competitive funding, as well as the increasing impact of international and national rankings on academic research and teaching. The increased allocation of funds on the basis of performance leads to overinvestment of resources at the small top and underinvestment for the broad mass of universities in the middle and lower ranks. The economic inefficiency is accompanied by a shrinking potential for renewal and open knowledge evolution.--From publisher
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