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The last professors [electronic resource] : the corporate university and the fate of the humanities / Frank Donoghue.

By:

Donoghue, Frank, 1958-

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 180 pSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

378.1/21 22

LOC classification:

LB2331.72 .D66 2008eb
LD571 .B743 no.674eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

Rhetoric, history, and the problems of the humanities -- Competing in Academia -- The erosion of tenure -- Professors of the future -- Prestige and prestige envy.

Summary: Taking a clear-eyed look at American higher education over the last twenty years, Donoghue outlines a web of forces--social, political, and institutional--dismantling the professoriate. Today, fewer than 30 percent of college and university teachers are tenured or on tenure tracks, and signs point to a future where professors will disappear. --from publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.

Rhetoric, history, and the problems of the humanities -- Competing in Academia -- The erosion of tenure -- Professors of the future -- Prestige and prestige envy.

Taking a clear-eyed look at American higher education over the last twenty years, Donoghue outlines a web of forces--social, political, and institutional--dismantling the professoriate. Today, fewer than 30 percent of college and university teachers are tenured or on tenure tracks, and signs point to a future where professors will disappear. --from publisher description.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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