By: Cary Nelson , Stephen Watt

A witty, informed, and sometimes merciless assessment of today's campus, an increasingly corporatized institution that may have bitten off more than its administration is ready to chew. Cary Nelson and Steve Watt use the format of a dictionary to present stories and reflections on some of the pressing issues affecting higher education in America. From the haphazard treatment of graduate students to the use and abuse of faculty as well as abuses committed buy faculty), Nelson and Watt present a compelling and, at times, enraging report on the state of the campus.Using the format of a dictionary, the authors present stories and reflections on some of the most pressing issues affecting higher education in America.

Know what academic freedom is? Or what it's come to mean? What's affirmative about affirmative action these days? Think you're up on the problem of sexual harassment on campus? Or know how much the university depends on part-time faculty?

Academic Keywords is a witty, informed, and sometimes merciless assessment of today's campus, an increasingly corporatized institution that may have bitten off more than its administration is ready to chew. Cary Nelson and Steve Watt use the format of a dictionary to present stories and reflections on some of the most pressing issues affecting higher education in America. From the haphazard treatment of graduate students to the use and abuse of faculty (as well as abuses commited by faculty), Nelson and Watt present a compelling and, at times, enraging report on the state of the campus.

If you're working for a university, studying at one, or simply interested in what's wrong with American education, you won't want to miss Academic Keywords.

Review by Edward Johnson (Philosophy News Service, August 2000): "Philosophical dictionaries sometimes have a polemical purpose, and that is certainly the case with ACADEMIC KEYWORDS... . Those who have not been following the changes in highter education will find ACADEMIC KEYWORDS enlightening and alarming."