Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can't Be Bought

by Joanna Williams

Book Overview

Consuming Higher Education explores the status of students within the university and society, and the funding and purpose of higher education, drawing on empirical data, UK and USA government policy documents, speeches by policy makers and media representations of students. Joanna Williams moves beyond the debates surrounding fees to consider the impact of the consumption model on universities, learning, knowledge, and student identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441183604
• ISBN13: 9781441183606
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"