Overview
Drawing on decades of experience as a renowned teacher, advisor, administrator, and philosopher, Steven M. Cahn diagnoses problems plaguing America's universities and offers his prescriptions for improvement. He explores numerous aspects of academic life, including the education of graduate students, the quality of teaching, the design of liberal arts curricula, and the procedures for appointing faculty and considering them for tenure. Inside Academia uses real cases to illustrate how faculty members, deans, and provosts often do not serve the best interests of schools or students. Yet the book also highlights efforts of those who have committed themselves and their institutions to the pursuit of academic excellence.
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Author: Steven M Cahn
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 20.30cm
ISBN: 9781978801516
ISBN 10: 1978801513
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 05 November 2018
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This will be a great book to read for anyone starting out in academia, and will be illuminating for people on the outside looking in. Funny, enlightening, and a very engaging read! --Harry Brighouse professor of philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Written in a warm, engaging style, Inside Academia provides an 'inside' look at some highs and lows of the academy. Full of personal anecdotes that reflect the author's long and distinguished career as well as arguments that are invariably well-supported, it is a pleasure to read. --Harvey Siegel editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education
Selected New Books on Higher Education compiled by Ruth Hammond-- Chronicle of Higher Education This will be a great book to read for anyone starting out in academia, and will be illuminating for people on the outside looking in. Funny, enlightening, and a very engaging read! --Harry Brighouse professor of philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Written in a warm, engaging style, Inside Academia provides an 'inside' look at some highs and lows of the academy. Full of personal anecdotes that reflect the author's long and distinguished career as well as arguments that are invariably well-supported, it is a pleasure to read. --Harvey Siegel editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education
This will be a great book to read for anyone starting out in academia, and will be illuminating for people on the outside looking in. Funny, enlightening, and a very engaging read! --Harry Brighouse professor of philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Selected New Books on Higher Education compiled by Ruth Hammond--Chronicle of Higher Education Written in a warm, engaging style, Inside Academia provides an 'inside' look at some highs and lows of the academy. Full of personal anecdotes that reflect the author's long and distinguished career as well as arguments that are invariably well-supported, it is a pleasure to read. --Harvey Siegel editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education
Written in a warm, engaging style, Inside Academia provides an 'inside' look at some highs and lows of the academy. Full of personal anecdotes that reflect the author's long and distinguished career as well as arguments that are invariably well-supported, it is a pleasure to read.
Author Information
STEVEN M. CAHN is professor emeritus of philosophy at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York, where he served for nearly a decade as provost and vice president for academic affairs, then as acting president. He is the author or editor of sixty books, including Religion Within Reason and Teaching Philosophy: A Guide.
