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Book SynopsisThe modern university is sustained by academic freedom; it guarantees higher education's independence, its quality, and its success in educating students. The need to uphold those values would seem obvious. This book offers a comprehensive account of the social, political, and cultural forces undermining academic freedom.
Trade ReviewNelson is as determined to protect the academic freedom of contingent faculty as of full professors . . . he speaks up not only for academic freedom, but for better wages and conditions. -- Dan Clawson * Against the Current *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: What Is Academic Freedom? 1 The Three-Legged Stool: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and Tenure 2 How a Campus Loses Its Way: Sixteen Threats to Academic Freedom 3 Legacies of Misrule: Our Contingent Future 4 Barefoot in New Zealand: Political Correctness on Campus 5 The Future of Faculty Unionization 6 Graduate-Employee Unionization and the Future of Academic Labor 7 On Weakened Ground: The AAUP, Pedagogy, and the Struggle over Academic Freedom 8 No Campus Is an Island: Reflections on the AAUP Presidency 9 Evolution or Devolution: The Future of the AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure Bibliography Index About the Author
