The Changing Academic Market: General Trends and a Berkeley Case Study

by Neil J. Smelser, Robin Content

Overview

Inside story and scholarly analysis of a leading sociology department's search, during the mid-1970s, to fill several faculty positions. This was attempted in the middle of the fundamental changes to the U.S college and university market that began in the late 1960s. That sea change is exposed with candid self-awareness and examined in its practical effects on faculty hiring procedure, treatment of candidates, professors' relations with each other and their political stances, and recommendations for other academics in a similar recruitment process.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940014259606
Publisher:	Quid Pro, LLC
Publication date:	03/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	648 KB

About the Author

Neil J. Smelser is a senior professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the former chair of its department of sociology. Working with Robin Content, Smelser conducted an extensive hiring process during a time of upheaval and consolidation in the university job market.