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The American Academic Profession: Transformation in Contemporary Higher Education
Joseph Hermanowicz
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Description for The American Academic Profession: Transformation in Contemporary Higher Education
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as by administrators and policy makers concerned with the future of the academy. Editor(s): Hermanowicz, Joseph C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
The academic profession, like many others, is rapidly being transformed. This book explores the current challenges to the profession and their broad implications for American higher education. Examining what professors do and how academia is changing, contributors to this volume assess current and potential threats to the profession. Leading scholars in sociology and higher education explore such topics as structural and cognitive change, socialization and deviance, career development, and professional autonomy and regulation. A comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as ... Read more
The academic profession, like many others, is rapidly being transformed. This book explores the current challenges to the profession and their broad implications for American higher education. Examining what professors do and how academia is changing, contributors to this volume assess current and potential threats to the profession. Leading scholars in sociology and higher education explore such topics as structural and cognitive change, socialization and deviance, career development, and professional autonomy and regulation. A comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801899782
SKU
V9780801899782
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About Joseph Hermanowicz
Joseph C. Hermanowicz is an associate professor of sociology and a fellow in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers.
Reviews for The American Academic Profession: Transformation in Contemporary Higher Education
Very highly recommended. Choice The five sections in The American Academic Profession provide a wide range of insights about changes in the faculty role at research universities.
Todd Lundberg & Clifton F. Conrad Teachers College Record
Todd Lundberg & Clifton F. Conrad Teachers College Record