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Academia and its discontents

Barry Ames, David C. Barker, Chris Bonneau and Chris Carman (Pittsburgh): Hide the Republicans, the Christians, and the Women: A Response to "Politics and Professional Advancement Among College Faculty". From The Minnesota Review, Timothy Burke on the obligations of academic freedom; Racism Redux: David Horowitz Then and Now; an interview with Michael Berube; a review of Elaine Showalter's Faculty Towers: The Academic Novel and Its Discontents; a review of Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education by Derek Bok; Jacques Derrida's Eyes of the University: Right to Philosophy; Universities and Globalization: To Market, To Market by Ravinder Kaur Sidhu; Academic Capitalism and the New Economy by Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades; and  University, Inc. by Jennifer Washburn.