What Ever Happened to the Faculty?: Drift and Decision in Higher Education Book

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xiii

1 Bricks and Mortar: The American Campus 1

2 The Myth of the Bloviating Professor: Sages and Guides 24

3 Getting the "Liberal" Out of Education: The Curriculum 49

4 Distance Makes the Heart Grow Colder: Online Education 77

5 A More Perfect Union: College and University Governance 101

6 Superstars and Rookies of the Year: Academic Competition 124

7 The Case of the Firecracker Boys: Academic Science and Academic Freedom 145

8 The Disposable Faculty: Tenure Now 168

9 Staging a Comeback: Exemplary Cases 191

Notes 209

Index 231