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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 180 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index. |