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Academic Diary - Or Why Higher Education Still Matters (Paperback)
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Academic Diary - Or Why Higher Education Still Matters (Paperback)
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Sharp and witty observations of academic life that range from the
local to the global, from PowerPoint to the halls of power. Is a
university education still relevant? What are the forces that
threaten it? Should academics ever be allowed near Twitter? In
Academic Diary, Les Back has chronicled three decades of his
academic career, turning his sharp and often satirical eye to the
everyday aspects of life on campus and the larger forces that are
reshaping it. Presented as a collection of entries from a single
academic year, the diary moves from the local to the global, from
PowerPoint to the halls of power. With entries like "Ivory Towers"
and "The Library Angel," these smart, humorous, and sometimes
absurd campus tales not only demystify the opaque rituals of
scholarship but also offer a personal perspective on the
far-reaching issues of university life. Commenting on topics that
range from the impact of commercialization and fee increases to
measurement and auditing research, the diary offers a critical
analysis of higher education today. At the same time, it is a
passionate argument for the life of the mind, the importance of
collaborative thinking, and the reasons that scholarship and
writing are still vital for making sense of our troubled and
divided world.
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