The Academy in Crisis Political Economy of Higher Education

The Academy in Crisis is a provocative contribution to an important debate....The costs of goverment support for American universities are not negligible. They include stress on some of the core values of universities and of science-vaules like openness, collaboration, and collegiality-and pressure, too, on other central institutional responsibilities, such as the education of undergradutes. Robert M. Rosenzweig, former president, Association of American Universities

ForewordNathan GlazerAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAmerican Higher Education: State of the Art or Art of the State?John W. Sommer I. The Politicization of Higher Learning Introduction to Part I1. The Evolution of American Higher EducationRoger E. Meiners2. In Service to the State: The Political Context of HigherEducation in the United StatesJoel H. Spring3. Federal Student Aid: A History and Critical AnalysisC. Ronald Kimberling4. Higher Education, the Individual, and the Humane SciencesAntony Flew II. The Political Economy of Higher Learning Introduction to Part II5. The Economics of Higher EducationEdwin G. West6. The Economics of Fundamental ResearchStephen P. Dresch7. Property Rights in AcademeRoger E. Meiners and Robert J. Staaf III. The Political Economy of Scientific Research Introduction to Part III8. Normative and Positive Theories of Science andTechnology PolicyPeter H. Aranson9. Science and Technology for Economic EndsJoseph P. Martino10. Universities and the Training of ScientistsCotton M. LindsayAbout the ContributorsIndex

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