Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education

As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post—industrial economy, they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in profit—oriented activities. In Academic Capitalism and the New Economy, higher education scholars Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades detail the aggressive engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in the knowledge—based economy and analyze the efforts of colleges and universities to develop, market, and sell re...