| Description |
xiii, 336 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-328) and index. |
| Contents |
Academic departments -- Academic freedom -- Accountability -- Activity fees -- Admininstative perks -- Affirmative action -- Alternative careers -- American Association of University Professors -- America's fast-food discipline -- Apprentices -- Attrition rates -- Cafeteries -- Company towns -- Corporate university -- Debt -- Disciplinary organizations -- Distance learning -- Doctoral dissertations -- Downsizing -- Electronic mail -- Faculty -- Graduate student unions -- Job system -- Lobbying -- Mentoring -- Merit pay -- Modern Language Association -- Moonlighting -- National Association of Scholars -- Outsourcing -- Part-time faculty -- Peer reviewing -- Ph. D. in the side pocket -- Promotion reviews -- Research -- Responsibility centered management -- Robber baron universities -- Scholary books -- Sexual harassment -- Spousal hiring -- Superstars -- Teaching -- Teaching versus research -- Teamsters Union -- Tenure -- Tuition -- Yuppies. |
| Summary |
In less than a generation, higher education has undergone tremendous economic and cultural changes. Academic Keywords takes a look at the state of academia today. This alphabetical reference features many of the hottest buzzwords on campuses. |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Terminology.
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| Added Author |
Watt, Stephen, 1951-
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| ISBN |
0415922038 (pbk.) |
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9780415922036 (pbk.) |
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041592202X (hardbound) |
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9780415922029 (hardbound) |
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9780203902356 |
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0203902351 |
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