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Universities and Innovation Economies

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Universities and Innovation Economies book

The Creative Wasteland of Post-Industrial Society

Universities and Innovation Economies

DOI link for Universities and Innovation Economies

Universities and Innovation Economies book

The Creative Wasteland of Post-Industrial Society
ByPeter Murphy
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 24 February 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315549019
Pages 268 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315549019
SubjectsEducation, Humanities, Social Sciences
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Murphy, P. (2015). Universities and Innovation Economies. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315549019

Students drop out of universities in large numbers, many graduate to jobs that do not require a degree and a large number learn little at university, whilst graduate salaries have shrunk over time and student loan debt and default have grown. University research achievements have declined while university administration has expanded massively. The contemporary university is mired in auditing, regulation, waste and aimlessness and its contribution to serious social innovation has deteriorated markedly. The miserable state of the universities reflects a larger social reality, as bureaucratic capitalism has replaced creative capitalism. Universities and Innovation Economies examines the rise and fall of the mass university and post-industrial society, considering how we might revitalize economic and intellectual creativity. Looking to a much more inventive social and economic paradigm to drive long-term growth, the author argues for a smaller, leaner, more effective university model - one capable of delivering a greater degree of high-level discovery and creative power. A potent critique of the post-industrial mass university that urges a reimagination of universities as places of discovery and invention, this book will appeal to readers interested in higher education, creativity, social theory, the sociology of work and organisations, political economy, pedagogy and public policy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|44 pages

The Creativity Deficit

chapter 2|32 pages

The Innovation Economy

chapter 3|52 pages

The Bureaucratic University

chapter 4|26 pages

The Discovery University

chapter 5|46 pages

The Social Mirage

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