Innovation, Profit and the Common Good in Higher Education

JOHN HARPUR is Lecturer in the Computer Science Department, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland. In 1998, he was awarded the Applied Ergonomics award for contributions to Human Factors. Along with academic articles, he has authored two books dealing with Asperger Syndrome directed at adolescents and college students. Between 2002 and 2006, he served as a Vice President in the Irish Federation of University Teachers.

• Author Preface Series Editor Preface Prolegomenon Shopping in the Aula Maxima Atlantic Mouse Becomes Celtic Tiger Science and Universities: Shilling for a Living? Firing up the New Alchemy – The Furnace of Innovation and Profit Secrets – The Future of the Future University References

'John Harpur raises very important issues in relation to Irish public policy. He deserves credit for being a rare insider in Ireland to address inconvenient truths to little emperors. His book is well researched and international in its scope.' - Michael Hennigan, Found and Editor of Finfacts, Finfacts '..this is a wide-ranging and interesting text that approaches the well-trodden territory of 'what are universities for?' and 'have they been hijacked for spurious economic benefit?' in a more scholarly way than is often the case.' - British Journal of Education Studies 'Too often research into higher education policy issues oscillates from description to prescription with very little analysis in between. Harpur's book most definitely does not fall into this category it is scholarly work with strong analytical themes.' - Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 'Harpur provides a fresh set of perspectives...constantly challenging orthodoxies, asking questions and drawing together and recombining elements in order to make something new.' - Higher Education Quarterly