Review
Well written... The benefit of the book is its bringing together of key themes in the current debate and providing a spirited discussion.
(Philip G. Altbach
Review of Higher Education 2007)
Burgan has a gift for telling stories and offering reasonable arguments in an engaging, compelling way.
(Gary Rhoades
Thought and Action 2007)
Full of interesting anecdotes and personal experience.
(John E. R. Staddon
Academic Questions 2007)
An important book in understanding how the traditional rights and responsibilities of university faculty have been eroded... Burgan's wide experience makes her particularly effective in developing her argument.
(Susan Gushee O'Malley
Radical Teacher 2008)
Her extensive academic and administrative background informs this insightful examination of the declining faculty influence in campus affairs and, more broadly, higher education.
(W. Bede Mitchell
College and Research Libraries 2008)
Mary Burgan has provided us with a wake-up call about the responsibilities of the professoriate and has given us practical lessons for exercising those responsibilities. We would be wise to heed her advice.
(
Academe 2009)
Mary Burgan's fresh look at campus governance provides a ray of hope for the future of the faculty's role in higher education. She draws effectively from her own university experience plus her leadership in the AAUP to show how both old and new customs in academic life can be substantive in the 21st century. This book will help higher education become a brave, new world in the best sense.
(John R. Thelin, author of
A History of American Higher Education )
From the Back Cover
In this provocative work, Mary Burgan surveys the deterioration of faculty influence in higher education. From campus planning, curriculum, and instructional technology to governance, pedagogy, and academic freedom, she urges far greater consideration for the perspective of the faculty.
Informed by experience, fueled by conviction, and full of practical, strategic advice for the future, What Ever Happened to the Faculty? is an excellent resource for administrators and faculty who are eager to change the tone and trajectory of contemporary higher education.
"An important book in understanding how the traditional rights and responsibilities of university faculty have been eroded... Burgan's wide experience makes her particularly effective in developing her argument."— Radical Teacher
"A spirited discussion."— Review of Higher Education
"Burgan has a gift for telling stories and offering reasonable arguments in an engaging, compelling way."— Thought and Action
"Full of interesting anecdotes and personal experience."— Academic Questions
"[Burgan's] extensive academic and administrative background informs this insightful examination of the declining faculty influence in campus affairs and, more broadly, higher education."— College and Research Libraries
