Academic Ethics: Problems and Materials on Professional Conduct and Shared Governance

by Neil W. Hamilton

This book suggests that the umbrella academic organizations step forward and draft a model code of ethics for the profession of higher education. Further discussion reveals how such attempts become difficult in face of the market's relentless pressure to frame the institution-student relationship in the economic terms of provider and customer. The book also offers an analysis of academic tradition, academic freedom, and the principles of professional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573563722
• ISBN13: 9781573563727
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"