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The Mcdonaldization of Higher Education

Name: The Mcdonaldization of Higher Education
Author: Dennis Hayes
ISBN: 9781593113933

by Dennis Hayes

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Overview

The term "McDonaldization" was coined by George Ritzer in 1993 and is a valuable tool for providing a theoretical and practical debate concerning novel and defining features of our contemporary world. The contributors to this collection, academics and writers from three countries, examine the McDonaldization of higher education in contemporary society.

About the Author, Dennis Hayes

DENNIS HAYES is Head of the Department of Post-compulsory Education at Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent, England.

ROBIN WYNYARD is Visiting Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent, England.

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Social scientists from Britain, the US, and Australia investigate what the McUniversity it, whether the drive to open access to the academy made it a reality, what forces are behind it, whether its development can be challenged, the role of various players in bringing it about, and whether it will be as global a phenomenon cheap hamburgers. Their topics include the bureaucratization of the British university, education and work in the information age, and hamburgerology by degrees. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)