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Inside academia : professors, politics, and policies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cahn, Steven M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Curricula > United States.
College teachers > Tenure > United States.
College teaching > United States.
College teachers > Tenure.
College teaching.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher > Curricula.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • How professors view academia
  • Graduate school
  • Turning point
  • How teachers succeed
  • Teaching graduate students to teach
  • Changing departmental culture
  • The administration
  • Choosing administrators
  • Curricular structure
  • The case for liberal education
  • Requirements
  • Distribution requirements
  • A core curriculum
  • Departments
  • Appointments
  • Tenure and academic freedom
  • A tenure case
  • Autonomy.