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Review title: 1958 Book Confirms the Worst Interpretation of Academic Life
Product review: Now, if you've spent time around Academia you've almost certainly had the idea that it's really a kind of mental illness. If you're in academia, you've long suspected this, but you also think that anyone who says this is experiencing "sour grapes." Who knows?Well, this 1958 book confirms the most cynical interpretation of the academic job market. It was written in the boom years, when there were too many position and not enough people, but the persuit of prestige uber alles and the moral hazard engendered by tenure are well documented in this work. I'm sure it was popular among critics of higher ed when criticism of higher ed was fashionable in the 1960s, and now that criticism of higher ed is fashionable again, perhaps a new generation of readers buy used copies for a bargain price.So if you ever thought it was just you, buy this book and you'll see you're not alone.
