Academic Life and Labour in the New University: Hope and Other Choices

by Ruth Barcan

Book Overview

What does it mean to be an academic today? What kinds of experiences do students have, and how are they affected by what they learn? Why do so many students and their teachers feel like frauds? Can we learn to teach and research in ways that foster hope and deflate pretension? Academic Life and Labour in the New University: Hope and Other Choices addresses these big questions, discussing the challenges of teaching and researching in the contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138273791
• ISBN13: 9781138273795
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"