A Professor at the End of Time : : The Work and Future of the Professoriate /

A Professor at the End of Time : : The Work and Future of the Professoriate / / John Best.

A Professor at the End of Time tells one professor's story in the context of the rapid reconfiguration of higher education going on now, and analyzes what the job included before the supernova of technological innovation, the general influx of less-well-prepared students, and the diminution of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package 2017
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Best, John,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.) :; 6 figures, 20 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 • Standing At The Edge Of Time
  • Part 1. A Professor At Work
  • 2 • The Work Of The Teaching College Professor In (And Out Of) The Classroom
  • 3 • Technology Changing Courses, Students, And Professors
  • 4 • Research The Barren Victory
  • 5 • Where Service Leads
  • Part 2 The Professoriate'S Imperiled Future
  • 6 • What Happens After The End Of Time? Vectors On A Collision Course
  • 7 • Some Time Traveling For Me
  • Appendix: The Materials And The Method
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About The Author

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