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American professors : a national resource imperiled / Howard R. Bowen, Jack H. Schuster.
Van Pelt Library LB2331.72 .B67 1986
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LIBRA LB2331.72 .B67 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowen, Howard R. (Howard Rothmann), 1908-1989.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teachers--United States.
- College teachers.
- United States.
- College teaching--Vocational guidance--United States.
- College teaching.
- College teaching--Vocational guidance.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 322 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- This book examines the impact of recent upheavals in higher education on the American professorate. Focusing on such factors as declining enrollment, declining governmental support, and massive shifts in enrollment among academic disciplines, the authors conclude that academics are in an imperiled profession.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 301-316.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 019503693X :
- OCLC:
- 11971250
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