The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom

Michael Bérubé is the Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University and the former president of the Modern Language Association.   Jennifer Ruth is Associate Professor of English and former chair of the Department of English at Portland State University.

Acknowledgements Introduction: This is Not the Crisis You're Looking For 1. Value and Values 2. Slow Death and Painful Labors 3. From Professionalism to Patronage 4. On the Rails Appendix: Implementing a Teaching-Intensive Tenure Track at Portland State University Bibliography Index