Editors' notes / Samantha Bernstein-Sierra, Adrianna Kezar -- The legalization of higher education / Lara K. Badke -- Faculty rights to courses and digital courseware / Shafiqa Ahmadi -- Faculty rights to scholarly research / Molly Kleinman -- "Owning" knowledge : looking beyond politics to find the public good / Samantha Bernstein-Sierra -- Negotiating whose property it is, for the public good / Gary Rhoades -- University faculty and the value of their intellectual property : comparing IP in teaching and research / Guilbert C. Hentschke -- Faculty voice in intellectual property policies : collective action for the public good / Adrianna Kezar.
Summary:
"This monograph explores the different forms that intellectual property (IP) has taken in higher education in recent years and how to navigate the changing landscape for faculty members and university administrators. Due to technological advancements and the rise of neo-liberal policies influenced by academic capitalism, faculty members are finding their rights being renegotiated, often without their input. Through patents, copyrights, distance education programs and MOOCS, universities and publishers are seeking to gain a competitive advantage in a market largely dominated by profit generation. All this is putting the university's public mission in tension with increasingly profit-driven university management practices. This volume presents policy trends in university IP regulation over the past 40 years, examines the utility of IP rights in higher education, considers the implications of knowledge ownership in the academic profession, and details the IP barriers that faculty encounter when attempting to share their work."--Publisher description.
Series:
New directions for higher education 0271-0560 ; number 177, Spring 2017
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.