Bousquet, Marc, 1963-

How the university works : higher education and the low-wage nation / Marc Bousquet ; foreword by Cary Nelson. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xviii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cultural front . - Cultural front (Series) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.

Foreword : resistance is not futile / Cary Nelson -- Introduction : your problem is my problem -- The informal economy of the "information university" -- The faculty organize, but management enjoys solidarity -- Students are already workers -- Composition as management science -- The rhetoric of "job market" and the reality of the academic labor system -- Appendix A: Yeshiva University 444 US 672, "Justice Brennan, dissenting" -- Appendix B: Brown University 1-RC-21368, "Liebman and Walsh, dissenting."

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College teachers--Salaries, etc.--United States.
Universities and colleges--Employees--Salaries, etc.--United States.
Profesores universitarios --Salarios --Estados Unidos
Universidades--Empleados --Estados Unidos

LB 2334 / B777h 2008

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