Academic Ethics Today

Problems, Policies, and Prospects for University Life

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

2022
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6050-3 (ISBN)

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An all-star cast of philosophical thinkers about higher education, more than half women, offers new essays exploring major ethical problems facing American higher education today. Among the crucial topics discussed are free speech on campus, challenges to the tenure system, the proliferation of adjunct faculty, historical injustices, affirmative action, admission policies, opportunities for applicants from the working-class, faculty and administrative responsibilities, student life, threats to privacy, treatment of those with disabilities, the impact of technology on teaching and learning, curricular controversies, the impact of unions, philanthropy, sports and intercollegiate athletics, and the aims of liberal education. The authors are leading researchers and teachers, many with extensive administrative experience, and they are members of the faculties at public and private institutions throughout the country. The essays are jargon-free and address the most pressing problems for higher education, weigh alternative policies, and assess future prospects for overcoming present challenges. Philosopher, scholar, teacher, and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a foreword to this unique collection.
List of Contributors: Christa Davis Acampora, Anita L. Allen, Alexandra Bradner, Harry Brighouse, Steven M. Cahn, Ann E. Cudd, N. Ann Davis, Judith Wagner DeCew, Richard De George, Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Deni Elliott, Dan Edelstein, Keota Fields, Leslie P. Francis, Peter A. French, Alan H, Goldman, Karen Hanson, Elizabeth Harman, David A. Hoekema, Laura M. Howard, James F. Keenan, Anthony Laden, Meira Levinson, Peter Markie, Mary Kate McGowan, Jennifer M. Morton, Debra Satz, David Shatz, Robert Simon, Cynthia A. Stark, Bryan Warnick, Shelley Wilcox

Steven M. Cahn is professor emeritus of philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he served for a decade as provost and vice president for The Office of Academic Affairs, then as acting president. He is the author or editor of nearly seventy books. Most recently he wrote Saints and Scamps: Ethics in Academia, 25th Anniversary Edition; From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor; Teaching Philosophy: A Guide; and Navigating Academic Life: How the System Works. He edited Morality, Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics; The Affirmative Action Debate; Moral Problems in Higher Education; and served as general editor of the fifteen-volume Rowman & Littlefield series Issues in Academic Ethics.

Foreword
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Preface
PART ONE: ACADEMIC FREEDOM
1 Racism, Naming Racism, and Academic Freedom
Elizabeth Harman
2. Free Speech Violations and Campus Politics
Mary Kate McGowan
PART TWO: TENURE
3. In Defense of Academic Tenure
Richard De George
4. What Should Count for Tenure and Promotion?
David Shatz
5. Academic Career Success
Keota Fields
PART THREE: PRIVACY
6. Confidentiality and Professional Practice
Peter Markie
7. Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Christa Davis Acampora
PART FOUR: INJUSTICE
8. Misogyny, “Himpathy,” and Sexual Harassment
Cynthia A. Stark
9. Institutional Inequality
Jennifer M. Morton
PART FIVE: SEEKING JUSTICE
10. Reckoning with Past Injustice
Ann E. Cudd
11. Should Universities Pay Reparations?
Alan H. Goldman
12. Rethinking Affirmative Action
Steven M. Cahn
PART SIX: DISABILITIES
13. Achieving Disability Inclusion
Leslie Francis
14. Discontent with Disability Accommodations
N. Ann Davis
PART SEVEN: THE FORGOTTEN
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Erscheinungsdatum	27.04.2022
Vorwort	Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 226 mm
Gewicht	712 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	1-5381-6050-1 / 1538160501
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-6050-3 / 9781538160503
Zustand	Neuware