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Peer reviewedWacquant, Loic J. D. – Academe, 1996
Anti-intellectualism and negative public attitudes about the professoriate are traced to four sources: (1) unquestioned supremacy of economic over cultural capital in the United States; (2) lack of organizational vehicles for faculty to contribute to social change and public debate; (3) unfair competition from policy institutes and foundations;…
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, College Environment, College Faculty, College Role
