Screen LibraryAcademic ethics today : problems, policies, and prospects for university life /
"An all-star cast of philosophical thinkers about higher education, more than half women, offers new essays exploring major ethical problems facing American higher education today. Among the crucial topics discussed are free speech on campus, challenges to the tenure system, the proliferation o...
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"An all-star cast of philosophical thinkers about higher education, more than half women, offers new essays exploring major ethical problems facing American higher education today. Among the crucial topics discussed are free speech on campus, challenges to the tenure system, the proliferation of adjunct faculty, historical injustices, affirmative action, admission policies, opportunities for applicants from the working-class, faculty and administrative responsibilities, student life, threats to privacy, treatment of those with disabilities, the impact of technology on teaching and learning, curricular controversies, the impact of unions, philanthropy, sports and intercollegiate athletics, and the aims of liberal education. The authors are leading researchers and teachers, many with extensive administrative experience, and they are members of the faculties at public and private institutions throughout the country. The essays are jargon-free and address the most pressing problems for higher education, weigh alternative policies, and assess future prospects for overcoming present challenges. Philosopher, scholar, teacher, and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a foreword to this unique collection"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 339 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781538160503 1538160501 9781538160510 153816051X |
| Index Number: | LA227 |
| CLC: | G649.712-05 |
| Call Number: | G649.712-05/A168-1 |
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Racism, naming racism, and academic freedom / Free speech violations and campus politics / In defense of academic tenure / What should count for tenure and promotion? / Academic career success / Confidentiality and professional practice / Big data and artificial intelligence / Misogyny, "himpathy," and sexual harassment / Institutional inequality / Reckoning with past injustice / Should universities pay reparations? / Rethinking affirmative action / Achieving disability inclusion / Discontent with disability accommodations / Overlooking community colleges and the working class / The cruelty of the adjunct system / Prudent reserve in academic administration / The discretion of academic administrators / Ethical online university instruction / Improving fully online instruction / Merit, wealth, and the ethics of college admissions / The ethics of doctoral admissions / The goals of campus discipline / The social costs of a college education / Why college? : an education for freedom / Ethics requirements in the liberal arts curriculum / Taking undergraduate teaching and learning seriously / Assessing faculty unions / Friendraising / Intercollegiate athletics as entertainment / Intercollegiate athletics and educational values / |