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Book SynopsisAn account of the social, political, and cultural forces undermining academic freedom. This book shows how the primary organization for faculty members nationwide has fought the culture wars, Cary Nelson, the current President of the American Association of University Professors, unveils struggles over governance and unionization and more.
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
