Office Hours - Activism and Change in the Academy (Hardcover, New)

All research content shall be under university surveillance. Academic freedom must take second place to security from terrorism. Only disciplines that pay their way will earn the right to survive in the university of the future. Universities are increasingly profit-driven, and the faculty seems increasingly passive in the face of political and economic pressures. Office Hours argues that it's not enough to blame market forces or the indifference of politicians: academics can often be their own worst enemies. In a series of stinging analyses, Nelson and Watt examine the current sorry state of higher education. The second half of the volume offers 'alternative futures' for the academy, visions that involve academic organizations, public outreach through the internet, faculty unionization, and campus organizing.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Cary Nelson • Stephen Watt
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-97185-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-97185-3
Barcode:	9780415971850

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