Office hours [electronic resource] : activism and change in the academy / Cary Nelson and Stephen Watt.

By: Nelson, CaryContributor(s): Watt, Stephen, 1951- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2004Description: vii, 223 pSubject(s): College teachers -- United States -- Political activity | Universities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects | College teachers' unions -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 378.1/2 LOC classification: LB2331.72 | .N43 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : it might as well be a conspiracy -- Cohorts : the diaspora of the teachers -- Anonymity, celebrity, and professional identity -- The postdoc paradox -- Disciplining debt -- The brave new world of research surveillance -- The humanities and the perils of globalization -- Organizational affiliation and change -- Is it a university or is it a country club? -- Collective action, collective bargaining, collective agency -- The economics of textbook reform -- Transforming teaching and reaching the public on the Internet -- What would an ethical graduate program be?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.

Introduction : it might as well be a conspiracy -- Cohorts : the diaspora of the teachers -- Anonymity, celebrity, and professional identity -- The postdoc paradox -- Disciplining debt -- The brave new world of research surveillance -- The humanities and the perils of globalization -- Organizational affiliation and change -- Is it a university or is it a country club? -- Collective action, collective bargaining, collective agency -- The economics of textbook reform -- Transforming teaching and reaching the public on the Internet -- What would an ethical graduate program be?

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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