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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The war between the administration and the faculty at colleges and universities across the United States is not unfamiliar, yet many now argue that the administration will soon dominate faculty interests indefinitely. The Fall of the Faculty outlines the rise of the administration and how its growing presence is problematic for faculty members in terms of curriculum plans and research opportunities. Administrators are constantly transforming collegiate academia to include “life skills” curriculum, which faculty find less rigorous and depleting. Although seemingly biased in his argument, Benjamin Ginsberg discusses how society can alter the system of higher education so that faculty can regain their voice in curriculum policy. A book that should be required reading for university and college faculty and students. This book does give a good insight into the rise of the administrative class in running American universities and colleges, which has indeed resulted in the "fall of the faculty" in terms of control of how ever-more scarce funds are allocated. The book does have its faults -- the tone is at times sarcastic and even bitter, but the facts presented (and carefully documented) does seem to warrant that level of sarcasm. I would really like to see more reviews of this book posted on LibraryThing. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in this eye-opening, controversial book, "deanlets"--administrators and staffers often without serious academic backgrounds or experience--are setting the educational agenda. The Fall of the Faculty examines the fallout of rampant administrative blight that now plagues the nation's universities. In the past decade, universities have added layers of administrators and staffers to their payrolls every year even while laying off full-time faculty in increasing numbers--ostensibly because of budget cuts. In a further irony, many of the newly minted--and non-academic--administrators are career managers who downplay the importance of teaching and research, as evidenced by their tireless advocacy for a banal "life skills" curriculum. Consequently, students are denied a more enriching educational experience--one defined by intellectual rigor. Ginsberg also reveals how the legitimate grievances of minority groups and liberal activists, which were traditionally championed by faculty members, have, in the hands of administrators, been reduced to chess pieces in a game of power politics. By embracing initiatives such as affirmative action, the administration gained favor with these groups and legitimized a thinly cloaked gambit to bolster their power over the faculty. As troubling as this trend has become, there are ways to reverse it. The Fall of the Faculty outlines how we can revamp the system so that real educators can regain their voice in curriculum policy. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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