num_pages: 304
description: "Profscam" reveals the direct and ultimate reason for the collapse of higher education in the United States--the selfish, wayward, and corrupt American university professor. In this fiercely argued, often infuriating book, investigative journalist Charles J. Sykes charges that college teaching has become a lucrative racket, where the most important responsibility--undergraduate teaching--has been abandoned in favor of trendy research, the pursuit of personal or political agendas, outside consulting contracts, and the drive for tenure.
language: English
title: Profscam: Professors and the Demise of Higher Education
titlecomplete: Profscam: Professors and the Demise of Higher Education
genres: Nonfiction, Cultural, Education
ratings_count: 44
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin