The Battles of Texas: Adjuncts, Composition, and Culture Wars at UT Austin

by Nate Kreuter and Mark Garrett Longaker

The 1980s were a consequential decade for universities. The marketization of higher education, the adjunctification of labor, and culture wars over curriculum transformed the landscape in a short period of time. The Battles of Texas traces the lived consequences of this upheaval by focusing on one influential institution: the writing program at the University of Texas at Austin.

Drawing from university records, newspaper archives, and present-day...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271099194
• ISBN13: 9780271099194
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"