David F. Noble
Division of Social Science
York University
| Organizer: IEEE Toronto Section Engineering & Human Environment
Joint Chapter |
| Title: Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation
of Higher Education |
| Speaker: David F. Noble Division of Social Science York University |
| Abstract: This presentation is based on the speaker's book of the same title. On-line education is taking increasing control of curricula and intellectual freedom away from teachers. The growth of on-line education can be seen as an "automation of higher education," similar in effect to the automation of other industries in its impact on workers and work product quality. The process is part of an ongoing commercialization and corporatization of higher education. |
| Biography: David F. Noble is a professor in the Division of Social Science at York University (since 1991). Prior to that he was a professor at Drexel University (1983-1991), a Curator at the Smithsonian Institution (1983-1985), and a professor at M.I.T. (1978-1983). He received a Ph.D in History from the University of Rochester (1974). AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS: Spencer Foundation grantee (1999-2000); Joseph A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage (1999); Hixon/Riggs Visiting Professor, Harvey Mudd College (1997-1999); Lansdowne Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia (1997); Visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego (1996); Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College (1995); Social Science Humanities Research Council Fellow, Canada (1994-1996); Visiting Lecturer, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City (1990); Kajima Foundation Fellow, Tokyo University (1988); American Council of Learned Societies Fellow (1988-1989); Co-founder, National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest (1983); Guest Professor, Roskilde University, Denmark; Guest Professor, Technical University of Denmark (1982, 1983); Visiting Scholar, Duke University (1980-1981); National Science Foundation grantee (1977-1979); Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, M.I.T. (1975-1977); U.S. Department of Labor Fellow (1971-1972); NDEA Title IV Fellowships (1968-1971); Phi Beta Kappa, University of Florida (1968). MAJOR PUBLICATIONS: Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education (Monthly Review Press, 2001); The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention (Knopf, 1997, Penguin PB, 1999) translated to: German, Italian, Spanish; Progress Without People: New Technology and Unemployment (Charles H Kerr, 1993, Between The Lines, Toronto, 1995) translated to: Italian, German, Japanese; A World Without Women: The Christian Clerical Culture of Western Science (Knopf, 1992; Oxford PB, 1993) translated to: Italian; Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation (Knopf, 1984; Oxford PB, 1986); America by Design: Science, Technology, and the Rise of Corporate Capitalism (Knopf, 1977; Oxford PB, 1979) translated to: Italian, Spanish. Publication currently in progress: Beyond the Promised Land: Surviving The Utopia of the Market and the Machine (Konpf, under contract). |
| Time and Location: March 20, 2003 6:30pm University of Toronto Sanford Fleming Building, 1st Floor, Room 1101 10 King's College Rd contact: Ed Lovrek ed.lovrek@ieee.org 416-215-0253 |
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