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