Skip to main content

Getting Down To Business

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
  • 369 Accesses

Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics ((NFECP))

Abstract

I concluded the last chapter with the claim that the culture of reform advances the “corporatization” of education, reduces education to being either a business or a product. As the invitation to an all-day conference quoted below announces, education is transformed specifically into a financial product of and from the market, something that savvy investors can profit from, all in the name of reform. The announcement reads as follows:

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD   119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Copyright information

© 2016 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Scapp, R. (2016). Getting Down To Business. In: Reclaiming Education. New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-38843-8_3

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-38843-8_3

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-137-38915-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-137-38843-8

  • eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics