Bemoaning the Corporatization of Higher Education

By Dayna Catropa and Margaret Andrews. In a previous post, we shared responses to the question “What has been the most significant change (either positive or negative) in the higher education 'industry' since you began working in it?"  Although answers relating to the increased influence of business in higher ed and the ‘corporatization’ of the university came in fourth place in terms of number of mentions (close to a three-way tie for second, though), it would have come in first place had we measured responses by the heat or passion of the response. Of the 46 responses mentioning the increased influence of business in higher ed, the vast majority of them were quite clear that they believe this to be a very negative change. Read More...