The last professors the corporate university and the fate of the humanities /

Taking a clear-eyed look at American higher education over the last twenty years, Donoghue outlines a web of forces--social, political, and institutional--dismantling the professoriate. Today, fewer than 30 percent of college and university teachers are tenured or on tenure tracks, and signs point t...

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Autore principale: Donoghue, Frank, 1958-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Edizione:1st ed.
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Riassunto:Taking a clear-eyed look at American higher education over the last twenty years, Donoghue outlines a web of forces--social, political, and institutional--dismantling the professoriate. Today, fewer than 30 percent of college and university teachers are tenured or on tenure tracks, and signs point to a future where professors will disappear. --from publisher description.
Descrizione fisica:xix, 180 p.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.