Nelson, Cary.

Office hours : activism and change in the academy / Cary Nelson & Stephen Watt. - New York : Routledge, 2004. - p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : it might as well be a conspiracy -- Cohorts--the diaspora of the teachers -- Anonymity, celebrity, and professional identity -- The postdoc paradox -- Disciplining debt -- The brave new world of research surveillance -- The humanities and the perils of globalization -- Organizational affiliation and change -- Is it a university or is it a country club? -- Collective action, collective bargaining -- Collective agency -- The economics of textbook reform -- Transforming teaching and reaching the public with the Internet -- What would an ethical graduate program be?

0415971853 (hb : alk. paper) 0415971861 (pb : alk. paper)


College teachers--Political activity.--United States
Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.--United States
College teachers' unions--United States.

LB2331.72 / .N43 2004

378.1/2