Down the Slippery Slope: The Perils of the Academic Research Industry

Pages: 125 - 135
Published: Nov 4, 2012
Abstract
The present chapter attempts to describe the move into what can be called the era of the academic research industry. To write and “produce” more in less time has become a value in itself, rhetorically accompanied by claims that it needs to be “cutting edge” and to achieve excellence. Because research is much like performing arts, the advantages of scale, however, are illusory. The equation of more and better research in less time is hard to...
Paper Details
Title
Down the Slippery Slope: The Perils of the Academic Research Industry
Published Date
Nov 4, 2012
Pages
125 - 135
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