[lbo-talk] waste in higher education

Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
Fri Oct 9 15:38:43 PDT 2009


check.

thanks.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:


> Yeah, but there's a paperback out there that'll cost you way less that $60.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > is this the one?
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Audit-Society-Rituals-Verification/dp/0198296037/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255116173&sr=1-3
> >
> > with a rec like the one you give below, i will buy it on the spot.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Michael, do you know Michael Power's book The Audit Society? Power is,
> > or
> > > was, Chair of the Accounting Dept at LSE and - to at least my staggered
> > > surprise - is well versed in various brands of critical social theory.
> > He
> > > completely destroys the neolib and neocon love of assessment, audits
> and
> > > certification.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Michael Perelman
> > > <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>wrote:
> > >
> > > > Don't forget the continual accumulation of layers of bureaucracy,
> some
> > of
> > > > which is the product of government demands for assessment, but
> > certainly
> > > > not all.
> > > > --
> > > > Michael Perelman
> > > > Economics Department
> > > > California State University
> > > > Chico, CA 95929
> > > >
> > > > Tel. 530-898-5321
> > > > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
> > > > michaelperelman.wordpress.com
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