steal this university
these are the quotes I got from the first two chapters of steal this university, which helped me write my paper.
“in the past twenty years, more than 500 new for-profit colleges and universities have opened their doors- at the four year level, for-profits have increased their number from 18 to 192. “- p15
-this is a prime example of where the pressure on universities to move towards a profit motive is coming from. they have to compete with all these online universities that use different methods to issue degrees that aren’t necessarily what the real universities would have.
“shift the meaning of college from that of a process one goes through to a product one buys.: p 16
-this is the commodification of higher education, making it move from an experience that enriches a person to something the person owns and uses
“the board of higher ed. in mass. suggested to eliminate, or provide a compelling reason for retaining academic programs that have fewer than a minimum threshold of graduates per year for a period of three years.”p 21
- this is very business like, not very academic to eliminate programs because there are not enough students graduating from them. they would not have been worried about this before efficiency was necessary to compete as a more business like model.
“all campuses have developed alliances with local and regional business and industry to provide employee training and development opportunities as well as research support.” massachusetts p 21
-shows how the cooperations are moving into academia and using their labor for themselves.
“Mc Education” p23
higher exploitation –marc bousquet
doing the work of staff, the work of faculty, grading, tutoring and even serving as research assistants just like grad students
- the unpaid labor provided to the cooperations
