Higher Education Inc.: The Personal and Professional Dilemmas of Environmental Educators Undertaking Research With/For Private Corporations

Australian Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Davis, Julie ^a   Ferreira, Jo Anne ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

commercialisation; early career researchers; environmental education research; ethics; globalisation; higher education; ownership; university corporation partnerships; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979037774     PISSN: 08140626     EISSN: 2049775X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0814062600001646     Document Type: Article

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