Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-279) and index.
Contents
"Official duties" : Juan Hong and the crisis of the university -- "So fragile and so indispensable" : what is academic freedom and why should we care about it? -- Academic freedom under attack : subversives, squeaky wheels, and "special obligations" -- "Part of the struggle" : faculties confront the 1960s -- "A long-range and difficult project" : the backlash against the 1960s -- "Patterns of misconduct" : Ward Churchill and academic freedom after 9/11 -- "Tough choices" : the changing structure of higher education -- "Under our noses: : restructuring the academic profession -- "Everything is on the table" : the academy's response to the Great Recession.