Examines non-tenure track faculty in terms of their positions and roles in higher education.
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Baldwin, R.G. & Chronister, J.L., 2001. Teaching Without Tenure: Policies and Practices of a New Era. Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press. |
Looks at the results of a survey of aggression and harassment among univeristy employees.
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Kaj Bjorkqvist, Karin Osterman and Monika Hjelt-Back 1994. "Aggression among university employees." Aggressive Behavior. 20:3, pp.173-184. |
Addresses administrative harassment and sheds light on the impact such conflict has on student education and school performance.
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Blase, Jo and Joseph Blase 2002. Breaking the Silence: Overcoming the Problem of Principal Mistreatment of Teachers. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press Inc. |
Describes the nature of gender discrimination in academe. |
Gallant, Mary J. and Jay E. Cross 1993."Wayward Puritans in the Ivory Tower: Collective Aspects of Gender Discrimination in Academia,"The Sociological Quarterly (34:2), pp.237-256. |
Dinesh D'Souza explores the nature of political correctness and the threat it poses to liberal education.
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D'Souza, Dinesh 1991. Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus. Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus. New York: Free Press. |
Emberley offers a critical analysis of the state of Canadian universities.
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Emberley, Peter 1996. Zero-Tolerance: Hot-Button Politics in Canada's Universities. Toronto: Penguin Books Canada. |
| Fekete explores the destructive moral panic and political correctness across Canadian universities. |
Fekete, John 1994. "Moral Panic: Biopolitics Rising." Montreal: Robertson Davies. |
Kors and Silvergate provide a thorough and detailed exploration of individual liberty on university campuses. Relevant to both students and educators.
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Kors, Alan Charles and Harvey A. Silvergate 1998. The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses. New York: Free Press. |
A recent article written by one of the authors of The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses.
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Kors, Alan Charles 2008. "On the Sadness of Higher Educatio." The Wall Street Journal 28 May, 2008. |
A news story detailing the resignation of two foreign professors at Sweden's Uppsala University.
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Labi, Aisha 2007. "Swedish University, Alleging Culture Clash, Forces Out Two Foreign Professors." The Chronicle for Higher Education. 53:38, p.A49. |
Duncan Lewis examines shame in the context of workplace bullying. A similar sense of shame may also be experieces by targets of workplace mobbing.
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Lewis, Duncan 2004. "Bullying at Work: the Impact of Shame Among University and College Lecturers." British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 32:1, pp.281. |
| This paper examines the process and construction of bullying in further and higher education in the UK. |
Lewis, Duncan 2003. "Voices in the Social Construction of Bullying at Work: Exploring Multiple Realities in Further and Higher Education." International Journal of Management & Decision Making [Milton Keynes]. 4:1, pp.65-81. |
In this study, Lewis examines aggression at work in six key areas: workplace bullying, sexual harassment, racial harassment, sex discrimination, unfair promotional opportunities, and reduced promotion opportunities.
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Lewis, Duncan 1999. "Workplace Bullying - Interim Findings from a Study in Further and Higher Education in Wales."International Journal of Manpower. 20:1/2, pp.106-119. |
Provides an overview of bullying in academic settings. |
McKay, Ruth, Diane Huberman, Jae Fratzl, Roland Thomas 2008. "Workplace Bullying in Academic: A Canadian Study," Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, (20:2),
pp. 77-100. |
| This informative paper describes cases of academic scapegoating. |
Martin, Brian 1987. "Academic Scapegoats." Zedek. 7, pp.476-481. |
| Offers a thought-provoking analysis of the politics behind higher education |
Neusner, Jacob and Noam M.N. Neusner 1995. The Price of Excellence: Universities in Conflict During the Cold War Era. New York: Continuum. |
| Tavris describes the experiences of two notable academics who conducted controversial research. |
Tavris, Carol 2002. "The High Cost of Skepticism: What happened to two scientists who believed that tenure and the First Amendment would protect their right to free inquiry."Skeptical Inquirer. 26:4, pp.41-44.
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This book describes a culture of covert aggression and incivility on university campuses.
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Twale, Darla J. and Barbara M. De Luca 2008. Faculty Incivility: The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture and What to Do About It. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
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Nathan Young connects current difficulties in the academic workplace to an extreme state of postmodernism.
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Young, Nathan 2004. "The Postmodern Classroom: Risk and Shame in Higher Education." Workplace Mobbing in Academe: Reports from Twenty Universities. Pp. 238-255. Ed. Kenneth Westhues. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. |
