{"product_id":"the-last-professors-the-corporate-university-and-the-fate-of-the-humanities-with-a-new-introduction-paperback","title":"The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities, with a New Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What makes the modern university different from any other corporation?\" asked Columbia's Andrew Delbanco recently in the New York Times. \"There is more and more reason to think: less and less,\" he answered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative book, Frank Donoghue shows how this growing corporate culture of higher education threatens its most fundamental values by erasing one of its defining features: the tenured professor. With the rise of neoliberalism and the gig economy, the notion of the professoriate has become replaced in our consciousness with the notion of academic labor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking a clear-eyed look at American higher education over the last twenty years, Donoghue outlines a web of forces--social, political, and institutional--dismantling the professoriate. Today, fewer than 30 percent of college and university teachers are tenured or on tenure tracks, and signs point to a future where professors will disappear. Why? What will universities look like without professors? Who will teach? Why should it matter? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fate of the professor, Donoghue shows, has always been tied to that of the liberal arts--with the humanities at its core. The rise to prominence of the American university has been defined by the strength of the humanities and by the central role of the autonomous, tenured professor who can be both scholar and teacher. Yet in today's market-driven, rank- and ratings-obsessed world of higher education, corporate logic prevails: faculties are to be managed for optimal efficiency, productivity, and competitive advantage; casual armies of adjuncts and graduate students now fill the demand for teachers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBypassing the distractions of the culture wars and other \"crises,\" Donoghue sheds light on the structural changes in higher education--the rise of community colleges and for-profit universities, the frenzied pursuit of prestige everywhere, the brutally competitive realities facing new Ph.D.s--that threaten the survival of professors as we've known them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are no quick fixes in \u003ci\u003eThe Last Professors\u003c\/i\u003e; rather, Donoghue offers his fellow teachers and scholars an essential field guide to making their way in a world that no longer has room for their dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 2008, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Professors\u003c\/i\u003e has largely had its arguments borne out in the interim, as the percentage of courses taught by tenured professors continues to dwindle. This new edition includes a substantial new Introduction that elaborates on recent developments and offers tough but productive analysis that will be crucial for today's academics to heed.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTenth Anniversary Edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"People sometimes believe that they were born too late or too early. After reading Donoghue's book, I feel that I have timed it just right, for it seems that I have had a career that would not have been available to me had I entered the world 50 years later. Just lucky, I guess.\"--Stanley Fish, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow is it that the number of students attending American universities has surged in recent decades, but the number of professors--especially humanities professors--has dwindled? The perplexing institutional dynamics of the modern university come in for penetrating scrutiny here.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bristles with striking facts, statistics, data, and citations of expert testimony. . . . A fascinating book.\"--J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative book, Frank Donoghue shows how this growing corporate culture of higher education threatens its most fundamental values by erasing one of its defining features: the tenured professor. Taking a clear-eyed look at American higher education over the last twenty years, Donoghue outlines a web of forces--social, political, and institutional--dismantling the professoriate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rise to prominence of the American university has been defined by the strength of the humanities and by the central role of the autonomous, tenured professor who can be both scholar and teacher. Yet in today's market-driven, rank- and ratings-obsessed world of higher education, corporate logic prevails: faculties are to be managed for optimal efficiency, productivity, and competitive advantage; casual armies of adjuncts and graduate students now fill the demand for teachers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBypassing the distractions of the culture wars and other \"crises,\" Donoghue sheds light on the structural changes in higher education--the rise of community colleges and for-profit universities, the frenzied pursuit of prestige everywhere, the brutally competitive realities facing new Ph.D.s--that threaten the survival of professors as we've known them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 2008, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Professors\u003c\/i\u003e has largely had its arguments borne out, as the percentage of courses taught by tenured professors continues to dwindle. This edition includes a substantial new Introduction that elaborates on recent developments and offers tough analysis that will be crucial for today's academics to heed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the Ohio State University.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Donoghue is Professor of English at the Ohio State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fame Machine: Book Reviewing and Eighteenth-Century Literary Careers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45612711444524,"sku":"9780823279135","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/the-last-professors-the-corporate-university-and-the-fate-of-the-humanities-with-a-new-introduction-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}