Office Hours: Activism and Change in the Academy

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Psychology Press, 2004 - Всего страниц: 223
Universities are in trouble. They face some tough choices about how to survive in our uncompromising times. In a series of stinging analyses this book tackles these issues head on. It argues that it's not enough to blame market forces or the indifference of politicians: academics can often be their own worst enemies. Universities are increasingly profit-driven, and the faculty seems increasingly passive in the face of political and economic pressures. This book examines the current sorry state of higher education and offers 'alternative futures' for the academy, visions that involve academic organizations, public outreach through the internet, faculty unionization, and campus organizing. Office Hours is a roll-up-your-sleeves look at the avoidable disaster facing the modern university. 'Straightforward, unpretentious, immensely readable, and on matters of extreme urgency to a very wide potential readership.' --Bruce Robbins, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University 'Office Hours is always pointed, often poetic and amusing, and never dull. Nelson and Watt accurately diagnose the serious malady that threatens American higher education, and then suggest the cure. Do read this book-it's a tonic.' --Jane Buck, President, American Association of University Professors 'Straightforward, unpretentious, immensely readable, and on matters of extreme urgency to a very wide potential readership' - Bruce Robbins, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University 'Office Hours is always pointed, often poetic and amusing, and never dull. Nelson and Watt accurately diagnose the serious malady that threatens American higher education, and then suggest the cure.

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Cohorts The Diaspora of the Teachers
15
Anonymity Celebrity and Professional Identity
27
The Postdoc Paradox
41
Disciplining Debt
53
The Brave New World of Research Surveillance
69
The Humanities and the Perils of Globalization
81
Organizational Affiliation and Change
97
Is It a University or Is It a Country Club?
117
Collective Action Collective Bargaining Collective Agency
139
The Economics of Textbook Reform
165
Transforming Teaching and Reaching the Public on the Internet
181
What Would an Ethical Graduate Program Be?
189
Bibliography
213
Authors Notes
217
Index
219
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