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Author Nelson, Cary.

Title Office hours [electronic resource] : activism and change in the academy / Cary Nelson and Stephen Watt.

Imprint New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description vii, 223 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.
Contents Introduction : it might as well be a conspiracy -- Cohorts : the diaspora of the teachers -- Anonymity, celebrity, and professional identity -- The postdoc paradox -- Disciplining debt -- The brave new world of research surveillance -- The humanities and the perils of globalization -- Organizational affiliation and change -- Is it a university or is it a country club? -- Collective action, collective bargaining, collective agency -- The economics of textbook reform -- Transforming teaching and reaching the public on the Internet -- What would an ethical graduate program be?
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject College teachers -- United States -- Political activity.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects.
College teachers' unions -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Watt, Stephen, 1951-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0415971853 (hb : alk. paper)
0415971861 (pb : alk. paper)

 
    
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