Higher Education Under Fire: Politics, Economics, and the Crisis of the Humanities

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While both colleges and their professors are widely distrusted and criticized, Americans also point to higher education as their most valuable and durable product in the global economy. Why--and how--is higher education in America under fire?

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About the author (1995)

Michael Bérubé and Cary Nelson both teach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Michael Bérubé's most recent books include Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics (Verso). For Routledge, Cary Nelson has co-edited Cultural Studies.

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