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Privatization of America's Public Institutions describes the transformation of the military, K-12 public schools, public universities and colleges, and prisons into enterprises focused on generating profits for a select few. In many cases, privatization has limited accessibility, promoted segregation, fueled declining standards, increased costs, and reduced quality.
List of contents
Figures - Tables - Acknowledgments - Introduction: Public or Private? - Privatizing the Military: Profiting from the Carnage of War - Privatizing Corrections: Making Money from Misery - Privatizing K-12 Public Education: How the Profit Motive Is Changing Schools - Privatizing Public Higher Education: Selling Off the Alma Mater - American Sellout - Index.
About the author
Lawrence Baines (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) is a professor at the University of Oklahoma. Baines has held endowed chairs at two institutions of higher education and is the author or co-author of eleven books.
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"The privatization of our military, our K-12 schools, and our prisons has been going on at least since the presidency of Ronald Reagan. But how far have we gone with this privatization, and at what cost-in dollars, in measures of efficiency, and in our moral sense of ourselves? Lawrence Baines explores these questions in this excellent, organized, and impassioned book-a valuable, insightful read." Steven P. Jones, Professor of Educational Foundations, Missouri State University; author of Blame Teachers: The Emotional Reasons for Educational Reform
