Schrecker, Ellen. <br/><br/>
The lost soul of higher education :  corporatization, the assault on academic freedom, and the end of the American university / 
Ellen Schrecker. 
 - New York :  New Press :  Distributed by Perseus Distribution,  2010. 
 - x, 290 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-279) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781595584007 (hc. : alk. paper) 1595584005 (hc. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010008278 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Academic freedom--United States.<br/>Universities and colleges--United States.<br/>Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.<br/>Business and education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC72.2  / .S36 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.1/2130973