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Selected New Books on Higher Education

Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub December 15, 2014
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Academic Freedom at American Universities: Constitutional Rights, Professional Norms, and Contractual Duties, by Philip Lee (Lexington Books; 161 pages; $80). Traces the history of the concept of academic freedom, and argues that while constitutional law exists to protect institutions, additional contract law is needed to protect individual professors.

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Academic Freedom at American Universities: Constitutional Rights, Professional Norms, and Contractual Duties, by Philip Lee (Lexington Books; 161 pages; $80). Traces the history of the concept of academic freedom, and argues that while constitutional law exists to protect institutions, additional contract law is needed to protect individual professors.

Confucius Institutes: Academic Malware, by Marshall Sahlins (Prickly Paradigm Press, distributed by University of Chicago Press; 65 pages; $12.95). Discusses threats to academic freedom and integrity with the involvement of a Chinese-government agency in Chinese language-and-culture programs at institutions in the United States and elsewhere.

Disrupting the Culture of Silence: Confronting Gender Inequality and Making Change in Higher Education, edited by Kristine De Welde and Andi Stepnick (Stylus Publishing; 392 pages; $95 hardcover, $34.95 paperback). Writings on exclusionary and other inequitable work environments experienced by women in academe, with specific attention to minority, lesbian, and contingent faculty.

International Student Engagement: Strategies for Creating Inclusive, Connected, and Purposeful Campus Environments, by Chris R. Glass, Rachawan Wongtrirat, and Stephanie Buus (Stylus Publishing; 256 pages; $95 hardcover, $29.95 paperback). Offers advice on the academic and social integration of international students in settings from community colleges to liberal-arts colleges to large research universities.

The Other Side of Pedagogy: Lacan’s Four Discourses and the Development of the Student Writer, by T.R. Johnson (State University of New York Press; 245 pages; $85). Draws on the French theorist’s works to develop a psychoanalytic approach on how college students can mature as writers.

Part-Time on the Tenure Track, by Joan M. Herbers (Jossey-Bass; 184 pages; $29). Uses interview and other data to assert the benefits of making part-time positions available for tenured and tenure-track faculty—from early-career faculty members with child-care concerns to senior professors on a phased path to retirement.

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