Description: Written for professors, adjuncts, graduate students, and academic, political, business, and not-for-profit leaders, this data-rich study offers a balanced assessment of the risks and opportunities posed for the American faculty by economic, market-driven forces beyond their control.
Brief description: Jack H. Schuster is professor emeritus of education and public policy and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University. He is a coauthor of The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation and The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers.
Review Quotes: Scholars active in the study of higher education may find this book very informative not only for the plentiful information and data provided, but also for the authors' in-depth analysis of the evolution of the place of faculty in academia and beyond.
--Giulio Marini, Higher Education