Michael Bérubé & J. Ruth 
The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom 
Three Necessary Arguments

This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book’s stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel, controversial, timely, and very necessary.

Table of Content

Acknowledgements Introduction: This is Not the Crisis You’re Looking For 1. Value and Values 2. Slow Death and Painful Labors 3. From Professionalism to Patronage 4. On the Rails Appendix: Implementing a Teaching-Intensive Tenure Track at Portland State University Bibliography Index

About the author

Michael Bérubé is the Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University and the former president of the Modern Language Association.
 
Jennifer Ruth is Associate Professor of English and former chair of the Department of English at Portland State University.