The last professors : the twilight of the humanities in the corporate university /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donoghue, Frank, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States > Faculty.
College teachers > Professional relationships > United States.
College teachers > Tenure > United States.
Humanities > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Universités > États-Unis > Corps enseignant.
Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur) > Permanence > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
College teachers > Tenure
Humanities > Study and teaching (Higher)
Universities and colleges > Faculty
Universiteiten.
Humaniora.
Hochschullehrer > Geisteswissenschaften > USA.
Geisteswissenschaften > Hochschullehrer > USA.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 180 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
ISBN:9780823238484
0823238482
9780823246892
0823246892
9780823228614
0823228614

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