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A reconceptualization of the human capital value of education as a private good, linked to a market oriented commodification of university knowledge, underpins a repositioning of universities as entrepreneurial enterprises. The implications for universities and the professoriate are explored, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which the institutions and work within them are being redefined, drawing from Canadian and Australian experiences.
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Pitman, A. (2013). The Ideological and Economic Repositioning of Universities. In: Hébert, Y., Abdi, A.A. (eds) Critical Perspectives on International Education. Comparative and International Education, vol 15. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-906-0_3
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