Corporatization of Higher Education: The Move for Greater Standardized Assessment Programs (Robert E
	Quantity in Basket:none Code: 978-1-57273-907-9 Price:$39.50 Title: Corporatization of Higher Education Sub-title: The Move for Greater Standardized Assessment Programs Author(s): Robert Engvall Publish Date: December 2009 Pages: 108 Format: Cloth
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This book focuses upon the ongoing corporatization of higher education as reflected by an increased dependence upon standardization and assessment. While the author has no quarrel with increased accountability and the need for realistic assessment of that which can be realistically assessed, the book suggests that much of the "accountability" movement is mired in hypocrisy. This hypocrisy is present both in those working within higher education and in those who pursue public policy initiatives seeking the greater accountability of others as they simultaneously seek to be removed from greater scrutiny of their own initiatives and work product. Those inside and outside of the academy are not immune from criticism within the book, and the conventional wisdom which seems to hold that most assessment is good assessment is open to challenge. Ultimately, just as physicans must first "do not harm," this book suggests that the reader should consider assessment proposals with similar trepidation: before they can effectively improve higher education, they must first do no harm. Contents: Introduction. Heightened Scrutiny. This Isn't High School. Assessment and Social Justice: Whining and Dining. The Practice of Assessment: Assessment for Assessment's Sake. Corporate Dominance in Thought, Word, and Sometimes, Deed. Assessment through Self-Study (Promotion through Self-Promotion). Dead Weight Walking: The Professor Privilege. Merit Pay as an Assessment Tool: It Ain't Over, 'til It's Over, But I Think It's Over: The Sure and Swift Demise of My University's Faculty Union. No College or University Left Untouched, Where Do We Go From Here? Afterword. References. Author Index. Subject Index.