No University Is an Island : Saving Academic Freedom.
The modern university is sustained by academic freedom; it guarantees higher education's independence, its quality, and its success in educating students. The need to uphold those values would seem obvious. Yet the university is presently under siege from all corners; workers are being exploite...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Cultural front (Series)
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| Summary: | The modern university is sustained by academic freedom; it guarantees higher education's independence, its quality, and its success in educating students. The need to uphold those values would seem obvious. Yet the university is presently under siege from all corners; workers are being exploited with paltry salaries for full-time work, politics and profit rather than intellectual freedom govern decision-making, and professors are being monitored for the topics they teach. No University Is an Island offers a comprehensive account of the social, political, and cultural forces undermining academi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780814759059 081475905X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |