Profscam
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"Profscam" reveals the direct and ultimate reason for the collapse of higher education in the United States—the selfish, wayward, and corrupt American university professor. In this fiercely argued, often infuriating book, investigative journalist Charles J. Sykes charges that college teaching has become a lucrative racket, where the most important responsibility—undergraduate teaching—has been abandoned in favor of trendy research, the pursuit of personal or political agendas, outside consulting contracts, and the drive for tenure.
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Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities
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The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
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How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation