The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom [electronic resource] : Three Necessary Arguments /
Bérubé, Michael.author.
Ruth, J.author.
This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book's stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel, controversial, timely, and very necessary.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book's stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel, controversial, timely, and very necessary.
Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Ersatz Crisis and the Real One 1. Value and Values2. Slow Death and Painful Labors 3. From Professionalism to Patronage4. On the Rails Appendix: Implementing a Teaching-Intensive Tenure Track at Portland State UniversityBibliography Index.
Higher education.
Literature.
Social history.
Philosophy.
Public policy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Higher Education.
Literature, general.
Social History.
Philosophy, general.
Public Policy.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.