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Book SynopsisAn all-star cast of philosophical thinkers about higher education, more than half women, offers new essays exploring major ethical problems facing American higher education today. Among the crucial topics discussed are free speech on campus, challenges to the tenure system, the proliferation of adjunct faculty, historical injustices, affirmative action, admission policies, opportunities for applicants from the working-class, faculty and administrative responsibilities, student life, threats to privacy, treatment of those with disabilities, the impact of technology on teaching and learning, curricular controversies, the impact of unions, philanthropy, sports and intercollegiate athletics, and the aims of liberal education. The authors are leading researchers and teachers, many with extensive administrative experience, and they are members of the faculties at public and private institutions throughout the country. The essays are jargon-free and address the most pressing problems for higher education, weigh alternative policies, and assess future prospects for overcoming present challenges. Philosopher, scholar, teacher, and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a foreword to this unique collection.
Trade ReviewA timely and provocative anthology by leading philosophers, created by an editor with a life-long interest in good teaching and ethical administration in higher education.
-- Gregory E. Pence, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Steven Cahn is a giant when it comes to academic ethics. This is a must-read for everyone in academe.
-- David Levinson, President Emeritus, Connecticut State Community College
Table of ContentsForeword
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Preface
PART ONE: ACADEMIC FREEDOM
1 Racism, Naming Racism, and Academic Freedom
Elizabeth Harman
2. Free Speech Violations and Campus Politics
Mary Kate McGowan
PART TWO: TENURE
3. In Defense of Academic Tenure
Richard De George
4. What Should Count for Tenure and Promotion?
David Shatz
5. Academic Career Success
Keota Fields
PART THREE: PRIVACY
6. Confidentiality and Professional Practice
Peter Markie
7. Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Christa Davis Acampora
PART FOUR: INJUSTICE
8. Misogyny, “Himpathy,” and Sexual Harassment
Cynthia A. Stark
9. Institutional Inequality
Jennifer M. Morton
PART FIVE: SEEKING JUSTICE
10. Reckoning with Past Injustice
Ann E. Cudd
11. Should Universities Pay Reparations?
Alan H. Goldman
12. Rethinking Affirmative Action
Steven M. Cahn
PART SIX: DISABILITIES
13. Achieving Disability Inclusion
Leslie Francis
14. Discontent with Disability Accommodations
N. Ann Davis
PART SEVEN: THE FORGOTTEN
15. Overlooking Community Colleges and the Working Class
James F. Keenan, S.J.
16. The Cruelty of the Adjunct System
Alexandra Bradner
PART EIGHT: ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
17. Prudent Reserve in Academic Administration
Karen Hanson
18. The Discretion of Academic Administrators
Anita L. Allen
PART NINE: TECHNOLOGY
19. Ethical Online University Instruction
Shelley Wilcox
20. Improving Fully Online Instruction
Laura M. Howard
PART TEN : ADMISSIONS
21. Merit, Wealth, and the Ethics of College Admissions
Meira Levinson
22. The Ethics of Doctoral Admissions
Bryan Warnick
PART ELEVEN: STUDENTS
23. The Goals of Campus Discipline
David Hoekema
24. The Social Costs of a College Education
Anthony Simon Laden
PART TWELVE: THE CURRICULUM
25. Why College? An Education for Freedom
Dan Edelstein and Debra Satz
26. Ethics Requirements in the Liberal Arts Curriculum]
Kyla Ebels-Duggan
PART THIRTEEN: THE UNIVERSITY’S MISSION
27. Taking Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Seriously
Harry Brighouse
28. Assessing Faculty Unions
Judith Wagner DeCew
29. Friendraising
Deni Elliott
PART FOURTEEN: SPORTS
30. Intercollegiate Athletics as Entertainment
Peter A. French
31. Intercollegiate Athletics and Educational Values
Robert Simon
About the Authors
