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Gone for good [[electronic resource] ] : tales of university life after the golden age / / Stuart Rojstaczer
| Gone for good [[electronic resource] ] : tales of university life after the golden age / / Stuart Rojstaczer |
| Autore | Rojstaczer Stuart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - United States
College teaching - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-53034-0
0-19-535205-X 1-4294-0469-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: why no one seems to know, even my mother, what I do at work; SECTION ONE: Undergraduate Life; 2 Lowering the Bar: why we have such low intellectual expectations for students even though they could easily do more; 3 The Prestige Business: what services the university provides students and why we charge so much for tuition; 4 Shortening the Yellow Brick Road: why we have made college easier, yet no one seems to mind or care; 5 The Sports Machine: how universities entertain their students and alumni and why and how we've crossed the line of good judgment
SECTION TWO: Research and Graduate Education6 Heart and Soul: why graduate students are often more important than professors; 7 Grants or Goodbye: why we spend so much time writing our grant proposals; 8 Why Research?: what professors do when they don't teach and why they do it; SECTION THREE: Campus Politics; 9 Matchmaking: how we hire and why we move to other universities; 10 The End of the Golden Age: why the era of exponential growth has ended and why it's a good thing that it's over 11 Shaking the Tree: why universities are increasingly turning to alumni, foundations and corporations, and what they will and will not do in exchange for money12 You've Got to Believe: why we blindly follow the latest trends in academic fashion even though it makes us look ridiculous; 13 The Fifty Percent Solution: why there are so few female professors, and why there aren't likely to be more in the foreseeable future; 14 Making Adjustments: how to adapt to the life of a professor without getting too crazy 15 Getting Tenure: what it takes to get tenure, why standards have risen, and why they will continue to rise16 Rolling the Dice: why the American university is still valuable even though it looks to be in such a mess |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451337703321 |
Rojstaczer Stuart
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gone for good : tales of university life after the golden age / / Stuart Rojstaczer
| Gone for good : tales of university life after the golden age / / Stuart Rojstaczer |
| Autore | Rojstaczer Stuart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - United States
College teaching - United States |
| ISBN |
0-19-773228-3
1-280-53034-0 0-19-535205-X 1-4294-0469-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: why no one seems to know, even my mother, what I do at work; SECTION ONE: Undergraduate Life; 2 Lowering the Bar: why we have such low intellectual expectations for students even though they could easily do more; 3 The Prestige Business: what services the university provides students and why we charge so much for tuition; 4 Shortening the Yellow Brick Road: why we have made college easier, yet no one seems to mind or care; 5 The Sports Machine: how universities entertain their students and alumni and why and how we've crossed the line of good judgment
SECTION TWO: Research and Graduate Education; 6 Heart and Soul: why graduate students are often more important than professors; 7 Grants or Goodbye: why we spend so much time writing our grant proposals; 8 Why Research?: what professors do when they don't teach and why they do it; SECTION THREE: Campus Politics; 9 Matchmaking: how we hire and why we move to other universities; 10 The End of the Golden Age: why the era of exponential growth has ended and why it's a good thing that it's over 11 Shaking the Tree: why universities are increasingly turning to alumni, foundations and corporations, and what they will and will not do in exchange for money12 You've Got to Believe: why we blindly follow the latest trends in academic fashion even though it makes us look ridiculous; 13 The Fifty Percent Solution: why there are so few female professors, and why there aren't likely to be more in the foreseeable future; 14 Making Adjustments: how to adapt to the life of a professor without getting too crazy; 15 Getting Tenure: what it takes to get tenure, why standards have risen, and why they will continue to rise; 16 Rolling the Dice: why the American university is still valuable even though it looks to be in such a mess |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777018903321 |
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Rojstaczer Stuart
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| Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gone for good : tales of university life after the golden age / / Stuart Rojstaczer
| Gone for good : tales of university life after the golden age / / Stuart Rojstaczer |
| Autore | Rojstaczer Stuart |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - United States
College teaching - United States |
| ISBN |
0-19-773228-3
1-280-53034-0 0-19-535205-X 1-4294-0469-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: why no one seems to know, even my mother, what I do at work; SECTION ONE: Undergraduate Life; 2 Lowering the Bar: why we have such low intellectual expectations for students even though they could easily do more; 3 The Prestige Business: what services the university provides students and why we charge so much for tuition; 4 Shortening the Yellow Brick Road: why we have made college easier, yet no one seems to mind or care; 5 The Sports Machine: how universities entertain their students and alumni and why and how we've crossed the line of good judgment
SECTION TWO: Research and Graduate Education; 6 Heart and Soul: why graduate students are often more important than professors; 7 Grants or Goodbye: why we spend so much time writing our grant proposals; 8 Why Research?: what professors do when they don't teach and why they do it; SECTION THREE: Campus Politics; 9 Matchmaking: how we hire and why we move to other universities; 10 The End of the Golden Age: why the era of exponential growth has ended and why it's a good thing that it's over 11 Shaking the Tree: why universities are increasingly turning to alumni, foundations and corporations, and what they will and will not do in exchange for money12 You've Got to Believe: why we blindly follow the latest trends in academic fashion even though it makes us look ridiculous; 13 The Fifty Percent Solution: why there are so few female professors, and why there aren't likely to be more in the foreseeable future; 14 Making Adjustments: how to adapt to the life of a professor without getting too crazy; 15 Getting Tenure: what it takes to get tenure, why standards have risen, and why they will continue to rise; 16 Rolling the Dice: why the American university is still valuable even though it looks to be in such a mess |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825992203321 |
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Rojstaczer Stuart
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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