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Book SynopsisGerber reflects on whether American colleges and universities will be able to retain their position of global preeminence in an increasingly market-driven environment, given that the system of governance that helped make their success possible has been fundamentally altered.
Trade ReviewTimely, well written, and should be read widely. -- Christopher Collins Teachers College Record I certainly wish I could have read it before I went into administration!... The threats to faculty governance, potentially to academic freedom, and the professionalization of the faculty, are all issues that confront the newest generation of faculty. They would be well served to gain a background in these matters by reading Gerber's book. -- Robert A. Becker Journal of Economic Literature Gerber supports his historical arguments rigorously, and his footnotes and bibliography will prove useful to those interested in finding seminal texts in the field. Gerber's inclusion of the AAUP reports as an appendix is of particular interest to scholars of academic professionalization. Ultimately, anyone concerned with the fate of the tenure-tracked professor will be interested in Gerber's work. -- Richard M. Mikulski American Studies ... Larry G. Gerber brings a career's worth of experience and expertise to bear on his new study, The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance. The short book is a valuable primer on the history of the professoriate's evolving place within the shifting landscape of U.S. higher education. Journal of American History
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Faculty Professionalization and the Rise of Shared Governance
1. College Governance before 1876
2. The Emergence of a Professional Faculty, 1870–1920
3. The Development of Faculty Governance, 1920–1940
4. The Developing Consensus on Shared Governance, 1940–1975
5. Corporatization and the Challenge to SharedGovernance, 1975–Present
Conclusion: Shared Governance and the Future of Liberal Education
Appendix
Notes
Works Cited
Index
