EPAA/AAPE is a peer-reviewed, open-access, international, multilingual, and multidisciplinary journal designed for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and development analysts concerned with education policies. EPAA/AAPE accepts unpublished original manuscripts in English, Spanish and Portuguese without restriction as to conceptual and methodological perspectives, time or place. EPAA/AAPE publishes issues comprised of empirical articles, commentaries, and special issues at roughly weekly intervals, all of which pertain to educational policy, with direct implications for educational policy.
Pilar Mendoza is assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration & Policy in the College of Education at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on the impact of academic capitalism on the public good of higher education.
Joseph B. Berger University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Joseph B. Berger is associate professor and chair of the Department of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He specializes in the study of organization and leadership in higher education as sources of impact on students, faculty and administrators.
Academic capitalism and academic culture: A case study.
Pilar Mendoza, Joseph B. Berger
Abstract
This case study investigated the impact of academic capitalism on academic culture by examining the perspectives of faculty members in an American academic department with significant industrial funding. The results of this study indicate that faculty members believe that the broad integrity of the academic culture remains unaffected in this department and they consider industrial sponsorship as a highly effective vehicle for enhancing the quality of education of students and pursuing their scientific interests. This study provides valuable insights to federal and institutional policiescreated to foster industry-academia partnerships and commercialization of academic research.
Keywords
higher education; organizational culture; privatization; technology transfer