The Academic Marketplace (The Academic profession) [Hardcover]

Theodore Caplow (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0405100027 | ISBN-13: 978-0405100024 | Publication Date: June 1, 1977

An expose of the American university. It considers all the working parts of the system and assesses their suitability to the professed purpose. The report on the actualities, myths and consequences of routines thus amounts to an anatomy of the institution that is not pretty.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Professors Caplow and McGee have given scholarly respectability to what many a professor has long suspected: Competition in the academic marketplace is as severe as in the business world. [Their book] might come to have the same function for the professor as Machiavelli's work had for ambitious princes." -- Midwest Journal of Political Science<br /><br />"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion of surprise in those outside the field." --Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Theodore Caplow is Commonwealth Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Systems of War and Peace, American Social Trends, and Peace Games. Reece J. McGee is professor of sociology emeritus at Purdue University. He was awarded the American Sociological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching. He is the author of Academic Janus, three textbooks, and numerous articles on the academic profession and teaching.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 262 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub (June 1, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405100027
• ISBN-13: 978-0405100024
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,352,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)