Brave New Universities

Authors

  • Michael Margolis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v3i5.593

Abstract

Market capitalism, not the Internet per se, is the force behind developing the wired university. Applying market principles to North American Universities will, as David Noble warns, fundamentally alter them and possibly destroy what we think of as a "great democratic higher education system". Ironically, however, students in their roles as consumers are more likely to embrace than to resist these changes. The brave new universities that emerge will be hailed as yet another triumph of the free market even as liberal education atrophies. This article spells out the dystopian scenario.

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Published

1998-05-04

How to Cite

Margolis, M. (1998). Brave New Universities. First Monday, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v3i5.593

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