American-Style University at Large (eBook)

Kathryn L. Kleypas and James McDougall are professors at an American-style university overseas. Contributions by:Mary A Goodwin, Kathryn Kleypas, Eng-Beng Lim, James McDougall, Patrick McGreevy, Walter Mignolo, John W. Mullen, Yulia Pushkarevskaya Naughton, Mary Queen, Andrew Ross, Mark Schaub, Malini Johar Schueller, Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen, Mary Ann Tétreault, Ting Man Tsao

List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, James I. McDougallMapping the American-Style UniversityChapter 1, “Globalization and the Geopolitics of Knowledge: The Role of the Humanities in the Corporate University,” Walter MignoloChapter 2, “American-Style Higher Education and the People of the Middle East,” Patrick McGreevyChapter 3, “Soft Power Goes Abroad: The Transplant University as a Western Outpost in the Arab Gulf States,” Mary Ann TétreaultChapter 4, “Out of the Open Admissions Contexts: Transplanting a “Clean” American Community College Model to Postcolonial Hong Kong,” Ting Man TsaoChapter 5, “The Modern Knowledge Worker in the Global U: An Interview with Andrew Ross,” James I. McDougall and Kathryn L. KleypasPerforming the American-Style UniversityChapter 6, “Performing the Global University,” Eng-Beng LimChapter 7, “Notes on Non-Places and the Localization of the Global American-Style University,” James I. McDougall Chapter 8, “Nostalgia, Performance, and Pedagogy in the American-Style University,” Kathryn L. KleypasChapter 9, “Rhetorics of Diversity and Difference: Branding an American-Style University in the Arabian Gulf,” Mary QueenChapter 10, “A Neocolonialist Invader or a Postmodern Exile?: the American-Style University in the ‘Desert of the Real,’” Yulia Pushkarevskaya NaughtonDisciplining American Studies and English in the American-Style University Chapter 11, “The Borders and Limits of American Studies: A Picture from Beirut,” Malini Johar SchuellerChapter 12, “Beyond These Shores: An Argument for Internationalizing Composition,” Mark SchaubChapter 13, “Running Dogs and English Gods: New Challenges for Taiwan’s English Departments,” Mary GoodwinChapter 14, “Critical Thinking, Critical Writing in Composition Courses at the American University in Bulgaria,” Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen and John W. MullenConclusion, Kathryn L. KleypasIndex