On this same subject, I'd urge anyone concerned about where public education is going to get ahold of a study by Lehman Brothers called "Investment Opportunity in the Education Industry." February 1996. Frontispiece: "The health care sector 20 years ago and the education industry today have similarities that indicate strong growth potential for education in the next decade." Sid Shniad > > from another list.... > > >Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 13:23:07 -0800 > >From: Doug Abrams Arava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Book Project: The Corporate Takeover of the Academy > > > >RE: University, INC. > >The Corporate Takeover of the Academy > > > >I am an editor at the University of California Press. I am interested in > >commissioning a book about the corporate takeover of the academy: the way > >that universities have been transforming themselves and their curricula to > >be "competititive" in the marketplace and to attract research and funding > >dollars from corporations. I am interested in a level-headed, > >whistle-blowing book that describes what is going on in the academy and its > >longer terms effects on higher education in this country. Ideally, the > >author should be someone who has worked in university/college > >administration as well as teaching and who can speak with an authority that > >administrators and others will listen to. I wonder if you or your > >colleagues have any names to suggest of possible authors I should approach. > >Please let me know why you think they would be the right person to ask and > >why they might be motivated to right the book. This idea arose out of > >discussions I have had with scholars who are alarmed at changes that are > >taking place at their institutions. The idea is still in its infancy and > >could certainly use further clarification: I welcome any ideas about how to > >focus the book and make it most valuable. > > > >Many thanks for your help, > > > >Douglas Abrams Arava > > > > > >Sponsoring Editor > >University of California Press > >2120 Berkeley Way > >Berkeley, CA 94720 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >510-643-9792/1812 phone > >510-643-7127 fax > > >
