Academic Socialism: Merit and Morale in Higher Education - Hardcover

Bugeja, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0914061429 ISBN 13: 9780914061427

Publisher: Orchises Pr, 1994

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Bugeja calls for an overhaul of the nation's system of higher education into one that provides incentive for teachers to teach well. In the present system, he argues, the tenured college professor is analogous to a factory worker in the former Soviet Union: guaranteed a job, but with low pay and low morale. In a word, the present system is "socialism," with all "workers" being given or denied raises across the board, regardless of individual competence or achievement. All of leads to lower productivity with the students, the victims. The culprits? University and state administrators, who are content to manage the numbers and push the papers but consider things like morale and recognition of superior achievement beyond their ken. A book that deserves to be read widely, especially now, as we look for the reasons our colleges and universities are falling short of expectations. Brian McCombie

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchises Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0914061429
• ISBN 13: 9780914061427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 166