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100 1 _aSchrecker, Ellen.
245 1 4 _aThe lost soul of higher education :
_bcorporatization, the assault on academic freedom, and the end of the American university /
_cEllen Schrecker.
260 _aNew York :
_bNew Press :
_bDistributed by Perseus Distribution,
_c2010.
300 _ax, 290 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-279) and index.
505 0 _a"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.
520 _aSchrecker, 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.
650 0 _aAcademic freedom
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBusiness and education
_zUnited States.
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