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Dissatisfaction with the academy runs deep in America. Despite-or perhaps because of-the fact that a far greater percentage of Americans have attended college than at any time in the past, distrust of the higher education system seems higher than ever. The most common complaints concern rapidly escalating tuition prices, affirmative action policies, and-not least-the allegedly left-wing professoriate that runs American universities. Indeed, much of the criticism of academia focuses on professors: they are too liberal, they care little about teaching, and they are too hyperspecialized. Benjamin Ginsberg argues that this common critique puts the cart before the horse and ignores a much bigger issue. In fact, faculty are not the primary problem with contemporary academia. Rather, the problem lies in the explosive growth in administration in US universities and the concomitant decline in faculty power in influence. Put simply,

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Education Higher & further education, tertiary education

• Pełny tytuł: Fall of the Faculty
• Autor: Benjamin Ginsberg
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 264
• EAN: 9780199782444
• ISBN: 019978244X
• ID: 01324321
• Wydawca: Oxford University Press Inc
• Waga: 488 g
• Wymiary: 234 × 163 × 24 mm
• Data wydania: 25. August 2011

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