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POINT OF VIEW
How do academics fare when they try to defend their own interests? If recent controversies about faculty workload and grade inflation are any indication, not very well.
It would be difficult to imagine an issue that touches more on the self-interest of academics than how they spend their time. Most people in most jobs are watched...
Professors Are Unconvincing in Shielding Their Interests
By ALAN WOLFEHow do academics fare when they try to defend their own interests? If recent controversies about faculty workload and grade inflation are any indication, not very well.
It would be difficult to imagine an issue that touches more on the self-interest of academics than how they spend their time. Most people in most jobs are watched...
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