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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452157003321

Autore

Burgan Mary

Titolo

What ever happened to the faculty? [[electronic resource] ] : drift and decision in higher education / / Mary Burgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8886-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/94

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - United States - Faculty

Universities and colleges - United States - Administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bricks and mortar : the American campus -- The myth of the bloviating professor : sages and guides -- Getting the "liberal" out of education : the curriculum -- Absence makes the heart grow colder : online education -- A more perfect union : college and university governance -- Rookies of the year and superstars : academic competition -- The case of the firecracker boys : academic science and academic freedom -- The disposable faculty : tenure now -- Staging a comeback : exemplary cases.