The consumer experience of higher education : the rise of capsule education /: the rise of capsule education. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Deirdre McArdle-Clinton.
• Other Names: McArdle-Clinton, Deirdre
• Contents: Modernism, postmodernism, and higher education -- The packaging of education : education as oppression -- Education systems : education as an industry -- Naming the industry's products : education terminologies -- Postmodern consumer culture : the effect on education -- Measuring the grade and quality of education -- Education : agent for social placement -- From Masefield to massification -- The consumer experience of higher education -- The testimony of teachers -- The testimony of students -- Reflections -- An alternative view -- Exploring the metaphor -- A compromise proposal.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 378/.01; Education, Higher; Education, Higher -- Ireland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441151032; 1441151036
• Related ISBNs: 9781441179197
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.