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Mead, Lawrence M. – Academic Questions, 2011
The claim that faculty conduct research is one of the main justifications for the modern university. Supposedly, academe carries out important, cutting-edge inquiries in which society has an interest. In fact, states this author, research at American universities is becoming narrow and artificial, out of touch with social realities, and of…
Descriptors: Universities, Political Attitudes, College Faculty, Teacher Researchers
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Bank Street College of Education, 2006
Teacher shortages, like the one schools face today, are not new. Periodically over the last 50 years there were fewer teachers available than were needed, and the response was primarily to step up recruitment efforts and issue temporary teaching credentials to those without qualifications. Three things are new however: (1) The requirement that…
Descriptors: Poverty, Teacher Persistence, Educational Change, Teacher Effectiveness