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The lost soul of higher education : corporatization, the assault on academic freedom, and the end of the American university / Ellen Schrecker.

By: Publication details: New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2010.Description: x, 290 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781595584007 (hc. : alk. paper)
  • 1595584005 (hc. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/2130973 22
LOC classification:
  • LC72.2 .S36 2010
Contents:
"Official duties" : Juan Hong and the crisis of the university -- "So fragile and so indispensable" : what is academic freedom and why should we care about it? -- Academic freedom under attack : subversives, squeaky wheels, and "special obligations" -- "Part of the struggle" : faculties confront the 1960s -- "A long-range and difficult project" : the backlash against the 1960s -- "Patterns of misconduct" : Ward Churchill and academic freedom after 9/11 -- "Tough choices" : the changing structure of higher education -- "Under our noses: : restructuring the academic profession -- "Everything is on the table" : the academy's response to the Great Recession.
Summary: Schrecker, the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, examines both the key fronts in the present battles over higher ed, and their historical parallels in previous eras--offering a deeply-researched chronicle of the challenges to academic freedom, set against the rapidly changing structure of the academy itself.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks LC72.2 .S36 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001096329

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-279) and index.

"Official duties" : Juan Hong and the crisis of the university -- "So fragile and so indispensable" : what is academic freedom and why should we care about it? -- Academic freedom under attack : subversives, squeaky wheels, and "special obligations" -- "Part of the struggle" : faculties confront the 1960s -- "A long-range and difficult project" : the backlash against the 1960s -- "Patterns of misconduct" : Ward Churchill and academic freedom after 9/11 -- "Tough choices" : the changing structure of higher education -- "Under our noses: : restructuring the academic profession -- "Everything is on the table" : the academy's response to the Great Recession.

Schrecker, the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, examines both the key fronts in the present battles over higher ed, and their historical parallels in previous eras--offering a deeply-researched chronicle of the challenges to academic freedom, set against the rapidly changing structure of the academy itself.

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