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

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 struct...

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1. Verfasser: Schrecker, Ellen 1938- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u. a.] New Press 2010
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung: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
Beschreibung:X, 290 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9781595584007

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