Who 'owns' the university? Institutional autonomy and academic freedom in an age of knowledge capitalism

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-219

  Shore, Cris ^a   Taitz, Mira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic freedom; Institutional autonomy; Neoliberalisation; New Zealand; Ownership; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866929579     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2012.677707     Document Type: Article

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