{"product_id":"the-autocratic-academy-9781478019824","title":"The Autocratic Academy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimothy V. Kaufman-Osborn outlines the history of American higher education's formal organization as an incorporated autocracy that is tied to capitalism, arguing that the academy must reconstitute itself in accordance with the principles of democratic republicanism in which members choose who govern and can hold them accountable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is extraordinarily important at precisely this moment when we need to think seriously about how dangerous our institutions’ bylaws are and how devastating it is that we never found a way to give shared governance doctrinal heft or to enshrine faculty control over curricula into law. The path to Commonwealth University—the name Kaufman-Osborn gives to his imaginary member-incorporated institution of higher education—is murky, but we can and should start to renegotiate our governance rules.\" -- Jennifer Ruth * Academe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e A Prologue in the Form of a Puzzle  1\u003cbr\u003e I. Nibbling at the Crust of Convention\u003cbr\u003e 1. Imperious Regents and Disposable Custodians  11\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Neoliberal Corporation Debunked  30\u003cbr\u003e 3. Corporate Types   47\u003cbr\u003e II. Contesting the Constitution of College in Early America\u003cbr\u003e 4. William \u0026amp; Mary Dispossessed  63\u003cbr\u003e 5. “The College of Tyrannus”  82\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Marshall Plan  105\u003cbr\u003e III. A Bet Gone Bad\u003cbr\u003e 7. Psychasthenia Universitatis (or The Malady of the Academy)  135\u003cbr\u003e 8. “Shared Governance” as Placebo  163\u003cbr\u003e IV. When Autocrats Meet Their Makers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Outsourcing Self-Governance   197\u003cbr\u003e 10. “Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall . . .”  231\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Reenvisioning the Corporate Academy  255\u003cbr\u003e Notes  273\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  307\u003cbr\u003e Index  327","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409012105559,"sku":"9781478019824","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478019824.jpg?v=1730505085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-autocratic-academy-9781478019824","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}