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What ever happened to the faculty? : drift and decision in higher education / Mary Burgan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgan, Mary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Faculty.
- Universities and colleges.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Whatever happened to the faculty?
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Informed by experience, fueled by conviction, and full of practical, strategic advice for the future, What Ever Happened to the Faculty? is an excellent resource for administrators and faculty who are eager to change the tone and trajectory of contemporary higher education.
- Contents:
- Bricks and mortar : the American campus
- The myth of the bloviating professor : sages and guides
- Getting the "liberal" out of education : the curriculum
- Absence makes the heart grow colder : online education
- A more perfect union : college and university governance
- Rookies of the year and superstars : academic competition
- The case of the firecracker boys : academic science and academic freedom
- The disposable faculty : tenure now
- Staging a comeback : exemplary cases.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8886-7
- OCLC:
- 216947185
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