Description: Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this groundbreaking study offers essential insights into the trajectory of American higher education.
Brief description: Sheila Slaughter is a professor of higher education at the University of Georgia and coauthor, with Larry L. Leslie, of Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the Entrepreneurial University, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Review Quotes: The strength of this volume is their treatment of the impact of academic capitalism on academic work.
--Edward P. St. John, Contemporary Sociology