While the MOOC (Massively Open Online Courses) revolution may not fulfill the breathless hyperbole of its star-struck advocates, the utopian rhetoric of MOOCophilia nonetheless functions as a rationale to further dismantle the skeletal remnants of the guild-like tenure system and recalibrate the university into a sleek vehicle for content delivery and value added student experience. Meanwhile, the corporate infiltration of academe advances apace in terms of the domination of many research units by corporate interests (biotechnology, military, pharmaceutical, etc.), the contracting-out of auxiliary university services (catering, maintenance, even marking) to the private sector, and the transformation of students into captive audiences for marketing and corporate recruitment truth-out.org/news/item/23391-the-ivory-cage-and-the-ghosts-of-academe-labor-and-struggle-in-the-edu-factory
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 15:17:29 +0000
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