Reviews

Understanding reading

Kate Lawson

Rita Felski, Uses of Literature (Blackwell, 2008)

Lucien X. Polastron, Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries Throughout History, translator: Jon E. Graham (Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2007); Fernando Baez, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books, translator: Alfred MacAdam (New York: Atlas & Co, 2008).

"How the University Works - Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation" - book cover

Contract faculty, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees

Extreme Work-Study

Marc Bousquet

In this excerpt adapted from his recent book, How The University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (NYU Press, 2008), Marc Bousquet explores the relationship of mass higher education in the United States to a global shift toward precarious employment.