Marc Bousquet

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How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage NationHardcover, 1 January 2008

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Cultural Front
Part of Series
Cultural Front (Hardcover)
Print Length
281 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New York University Press
Date Published
1 Jan 2008
ISBN-10
0814799744
ISBN-13
9780814799741

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"Marc Bousquet's How the University Works should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the future of higher education, including administrators, faculty members, graduate students, and-even more significantly-undergraduates and their parents." -Thomas Hart Benton, The Chronicle of Higher Education "How the University Works is a serious wake-up call for the entire profession, and, based on what I overheard at the [2007 MLA] book fair, Bousquet is about to emerge as the Al Gore of higher education." Thomas Hart Benton, The Chronicle of Higher Education "Marc Bousquet is the most trenchant theorist of the current academic labor situation, and How the University Works is the best study of academic labor conditions in the U.S. since the 1970s. It is thoroughly and creatively researched, theoretically bold, often mercifully frank, and frequently poignant in its arguments and findings." Vincent B. Leitch, General Editor of the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism As much as we think we know about the modern university, very little has been said about what it's like to work there. Instead of the high-wage, high-profit world of knowledge work, most campus employees including the vast majority of faculty really work in the low-wage, low-profit sphere of the service economy. Tenure-track positions are at an all-time low, with adjuncts and graduate students teaching the majority of courses. This super-exploited corps of disposable workers commonly earn fewer than $16,000 annually, without benefits, teaching as many as eight classes per year. Even undergraduates are being exploited as a low-cost, disposable workforce. Marc Bousquet, a major figure in the academic labor movement, exposes the seamy underbelly of higher education a world where faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates work long hours for fast-food wages. Assessing the costs of higher educations corporatization on faculty and students at every level, How the University Works is urgent reading for anyone interested in the fate of the university.

Product Details

Authors:
Marc BousquetCary Nelson
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 January 2008
Dimensions:
23.27 x 16.05 x 2.31 cm
Genre:
Education
ISBN-10:
0814799744
ISBN-13:
9780814799741
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
281
Weight:
508.02 gm

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