Description
Book SynopsisWritten for professors, adjuncts, graduate students, and academic, political, business, and not-for-profit leaders, this data-rich study offers a balanced assessment of the risks and opportunities posed for the American faculty by economic, market-driven forces beyond their control.
Trade ReviewScholars active in the study of higher education may find this book very informative not only for the plentiful information and data provided, but also for the authors’ in-depth analysis of the evolution of the place of faculty in academia and beyond.
—Giulio Marini,
Higher EducationTable of ContentsContents PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I. Setting the Stage1. Establishing the Framework: The Emergence of a New Paradigm2. The American Faculty in Historical Perspective3. The Faculty in Profile Part II--Changing Trajectories of Academic Careers4. Changing Pathways to Career Entry5. Career Progression and Mobility6. Career Exit: Faculty Retirement Viewed Anew Part III--The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work and Professional Identity7. Faculty Work Under Pressure8. Academic Culture and Values in Transition9. Academic Compensation Trends In A New Era Part IV--American Academics in Global Perspectives10. The American Faculty in a Newly Globalized Higher Education Environment11. American Faculty in an International Perspective Part V--Prospects for the Academic Profession12. American Academic Life Restructured13. Where From Here? Interventions to Reinvigorate the Faculty Factor Afterword Appendixes A. Data Sources: An Overview and Status Report 00B. PhD Production and Distribution TrendsC. Race and Ethnicity Classifications: An UpdateD. Changing Academic Professions, 2007-08: MethodologyE. Appendix Tables Index
