Office Hours: Activism and Change in the AcademyPsychology 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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... part of the blame on the professoriate itself . At the same time we look to the profes- soriate and graduate student activists as potential sources of resistance and reform . The first half of the book details the current state of ...
... part of the blame on the professoriate itself . At the same time we look to the profes- soriate and graduate student activists as potential sources of resistance and reform . The first half of the book details the current state of ...
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... chapter 3 , a department can drift into dependence on contingent labor without ever intending to do so . The collapse of state budgets from 2002 to 2004 means there will be steady pressure to in- crease reliance on part - time and non ...
... chapter 3 , a department can drift into dependence on contingent labor without ever intending to do so . The collapse of state budgets from 2002 to 2004 means there will be steady pressure to in- crease reliance on part - time and non ...
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... time and re- sources to do it . Even dedicated part - time faculty , however overworked and underpaid , do innovative intellectual work , but not enough to sus- tain the vitality of their disciplines . There is both trickle down and ...
... time and re- sources to do it . Even dedicated part - time faculty , however overworked and underpaid , do innovative intellectual work , but not enough to sus- tain the vitality of their disciplines . There is both trickle down and ...
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... part - time faculty write letters to local newspapers attacking the Attorney General and the president . They read the letters to their classes , whose subject matter has little to do with con- temporary politics . The campus chapters ...
... part - time faculty write letters to local newspapers attacking the Attorney General and the president . They read the letters to their classes , whose subject matter has little to do with con- temporary politics . The campus chapters ...
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... part of the structure that makes every class possible . They are part of the hidden subject matter of every course . So are principles of academic freedom , as are emerging restrictions on international stu- dent access to American ...
... part of the structure that makes every class possible . They are part of the hidden subject matter of every course . So are principles of academic freedom , as are emerging restrictions on international stu- dent access to American ...
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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 |
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