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The Academic Profession in Search of Itself
- The Review of Higher Education
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 11, Number 1, Autumn 1987
- pp. 103-112
- 10.1353/rhe.1987.0010
- Review
- Additional Information
The scholarly community looks inward in three recent books on the academic profession. Together the volumes consider the professoriate’s current state and future prospects. Implicitly they raise questions about the narrow definition of proper academic life that pervades all sectors of higher education. This essay review highlights issues critical to the vitality of a diverse academic work force.