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Author:

Schrecker, Ellen.

Title:

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

Publisher:

New Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

x, 290 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Academic freedom--United States.
Universities and colleges--United States.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
Business and education--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-279) and index.

Contents:

"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.

ISBN:

1595584005 (hc. : alk. paper)
9781595584007 (hc. : alk. paper) :

LCCN:

2010008278

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)