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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Main Author: Donoghue, Frank, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 180 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
ISBN:9780823238484
0823238482
9780823246892
0823246892
9780823228614
0823228614