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The Need for a "Shadow" University

Richard Stivers

Illinois State University

The modern university has become a subsystem within the technological system. As such, the university has lost its autonomy. Every aspect of the university— administration, pedagogy, research—has become specialized and technical. Success, power, and efficiency are its only values. An alternative to the modern university is briefly explored.

Key Words: technology • university • bureaucracy • technological system • vocational education

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 26, No. 3, 217-227 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0270467606288818
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