1st Edition
Shaping the American Faculty Perspectives on the History of Higher Education
Edited By Roger L. Geiger
Copyright 2015
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
175 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Beginning in the twentieth century, American faculty increasingly viewed themselves as professionals who were more than mere employees. This volume focuses on key developments in the long process by which the American professoriate achieved tenure, academic freedom, and a voice in university governance. Christian K. Anderson describes the formation of the original faculty senates. Zachary... Read more
1. Introduction: Professionalization of the American Faculty in the Twentieth Century Roger L. Geiger 2. University Control: The Struggle for Faculty Governance in American Universities and the Creation of Faculty Senates Christian K. Anderson 3. The Role of Publicity in the Formation of the American Association of University Professors, 1913 1919 Zachary Haberler 4. The Arrival of Up-or-Out Tenure: James B. Conant and the Tempest at Harvard, 1936 1939 Richard F. Teichgraeber III 5. Firing Larry Gara: Grove City College, Due Process, and Institutional Autonomy Stephen Taaffe 6. Developing the Whole Student: Edmund G. Williamson, Psychologist-Administrators, and the Student Affairs Movement Tom McCarthy List of Contributors
Biography
Roger L. Geiger
