Academic ethics today : problems, policies, and prospects for university life / edited by Steven M. Cahn.

"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 adj...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cahn, Steven M. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2022]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Universities and colleges > Moral and ethical aspects > Administration > United States.
College teaching > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Academic freedom > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Liberté de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Academic freedom.
College teaching > Moral and ethical aspects.
Education, Higher > Moral and ethical aspects.
Universities and colleges > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:xx, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Racism, naming racism, and academic freedom / Elizabeth Harman
  • Free speech violations and campus politics / Mary Kate McGowan
  • In defense of academic tenure / Richard T. De George
  • What should count for tenure and promotion? / David Shatz
  • Academic career success / Keota Fields
  • Confidentiality and professional practice / Peter Markie
  • Big data and artificial intelligence / Christa Davis Acampora
  • Misogyny, "himpathy," and sexual harassment / Cynthia A. Stark
  • Institutional inequality / Jennifer M. Morton
  • Reckoning with past injustice / Ann E. Cudd
  • Should universities pay reparations? / Alan H. Goldman
  • Rethinking affirmative action / Steven M. Cahn
  • Achieving disability inclusion / Leslie P. Francis
  • Discontent with disability accommodations / N. Ann Davis
  • Overlooking community colleges and the working class / James F. Keenan
  • The cruelty of the adjunct system / Alexandra Bradner
  • Prudent reserve in academic administration / Karen Hanson
  • The discretion of academic administrators / Anita L. Allen
  • Ethical online university instruction / Shelley Wilcox
  • Improving fully online instruction / Laura M. Howard
  • Merit, wealth, and the ethics of college admissions / Meira Levinson
  • The ethics of doctoral admissions / Bryan Warnick
  • The goals of campus discipline / David A. Hoekema
  • The social costs of a college education / Anthony Simon Laden
  • Why college? : an education for freedom / Dan Edelstein and Debra Satz
  • Ethics requirements in the liberal arts curriculum / Kyla Ebels-Duggan
  • Taking undergraduate teaching and learning seriously / Harry Brighouse
  • Assessing faculty unions / Judith Wagner DeCew
  • Friendraising / Deni Elliott
  • Intercollegiate athletics as entertainment / Peter A. French
  • Intercollegiate athletics and educational values / Robert Simon.