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The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers
Jack H. Schuster
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Paperback. They outline the stakes for the nation and the challenging work to be done. Num Pages: 600 pages, 37, 37 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
Higher education is becoming destabilized in the face of extraordinarily rapid change. The composition of the academy's most valuable asset-the faculty-and the essential nature of faculty work are being transformed. Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein describe the transformation of the American faculty in the most extensive and ambitious analysis of the American academic profession undertaken in a generation. A century ago the American research university emerged as a new organizational form animated by the professionalized, discipline-based scholar. The research university model persisted through two world wars and greatly varying economic conditions. In recent years, however, a new ... Read more
Higher education is becoming destabilized in the face of extraordinarily rapid change. The composition of the academy's most valuable asset-the faculty-and the essential nature of faculty work are being transformed. Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein describe the transformation of the American faculty in the most extensive and ambitious analysis of the American academic profession undertaken in a generation. A century ago the American research university emerged as a new organizational form animated by the professionalized, discipline-based scholar. The research university model persisted through two world wars and greatly varying economic conditions. In recent years, however, a new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891038
SKU
V9780801891038
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About Jack H. Schuster
Jack H. Schuster is a professor of education and public policy emeritus at Claremont Graduate University. Martin J. Finkelstein is a professor of higher education at Seton Hall University.
Reviews for The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers
The definitive work of a broad shift now underway. Future Survey 2006 The authors paint a troubling picture. University Business 2006 Always readable, occasionally conversational style... keeps you moving along.
Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 The American Faculty is destined to be a classic... The most thorough and thoughtful analysis of its topic in many years.
Philip G. ... Read more
Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 The American Faculty is destined to be a classic... The most thorough and thoughtful analysis of its topic in many years.
Philip G. ... Read more