The Lost Soul of Higher Education Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University |
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Author:
| Schrecker, Ellen |
ISBN: | 978-1-59558-400-7 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
Publisher: | New Press, The
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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Schrecker, the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, examines both the key fronts in the present battles over higher ed, and their historical parallels in previous eras – offering a deeply-researched chronicle of the challenges to academic freedom, set against the rapidly changing structure of the academy itself.The Lost Soul of Higher Educationtells the interwoven stories of successive, well-funded ideological assaults on academic freedom by outside pressure groups...
More DescriptionSchrecker, the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, examines both the key fronts in the present battles over higher ed, and their historical parallels in previous eras – offering a deeply-researched chronicle of the challenges to academic freedom, set against the rapidly changing structure of the academy itself.The Lost Soul of Higher Educationtells the interwoven stories of successive, well-funded ideological assaults on academic freedom by outside pressure groups aimed at undermining the legitimacy of scholarly study, viewed alongside decades of eroding higher education budgets -- a trend that has sharply accelerated during the recent economic downturn.