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Informationen zum Autor Best, John Klappentext Tells one professor's story in the context of the rapid reconfiguration of higher education going on now, and analyses what the job included before the supernova of technological innovation, the general influx of less-well-prepared students, and the diminution of state and federal support wrought wholesale changes on the profession. Zusammenfassung Tells one professor's story in the context of the rapid reconfiguration of higher education going on now! and analyses what the job included before the supernova of technological innovation! the general influx of less-well-prepared students! and the diminution of state and federal support wrought wholesale changes on the profession. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I Blocking the ActionChapter 1 Standing at the Edge of Time Part II A Professor at WorkChapter 2 The Work of the Teaching College Professor: In (and Out of) the ClassroomChapter 3 Technology Changing Courses, Changing Students, Changing ProfessorsChapter 4 Research: The Barren VictoryChapter 5 Where Service Leads Part III The Professoriate’s Imperiled FutureChapter 6 What Happens after the End of Time?: Vectors on a Collision CourseChapter 7 Some Time Traveling for Me Appendix: The Materials and the MethodNotesReferencesIndex
