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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783812403321

Autore

Nelson Cary

Titolo

Office hours : activism and change in the academy / / Cary Nelson and Stephen Watt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-59800-703-3

1-135-87403-4

1-135-87404-2

1-280-05168-X

0-203-01419-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WattStephen <1951->

Disciplina

378.1/2

Soggetti

College teachers - United States - Political activity

Universities and colleges - United States - Sociological aspects

College teachers' unions - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : it might as well be a conspiracy -- Cohorts : the diaspora of the teachers -- Anonymity, celebrity, and professional identity -- The postdoc paradox -- Disciplining debt -- The brave new world of research surveillance -- The humanities and the perils of globalization -- Organizational affiliation and change -- Is it a university or is it a country club? -- Collective action, collective bargaining, collective agency -- The economics of textbook reform -- Transforming teaching and reaching the public on the Internet -- What would an ethical graduate program be?

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at universities and the tough choices they face on how to survive.