An all-star cast of philosophical thinkers about higher education, more than half women, offers new essays exploring major ethical problems facing American higher education today. Among the crucial topics discussed are free speech on campus, challenges to the tenure system, the proliferation of adjunct faculty, historical injustices, affirmative action, admission policies, opportunities for applicants from the working-class, faculty and administrative responsibilities, student life, threats to privacy, treatment of those with disabilities, the impact of technology on teaching and learning, curricular controversies, the impact of unions, philanthropy, sports and intercollegiate athletics, and the aims of liberal education. The authors are leading researchers and teachers, many with extensive administrative experience, and they are members of the faculties at public and private institutions throughout the country. The essays are jargon-free and address the most pressing problems for higher education, weigh alternative policies, and assess future prospects for overcoming present challenges. Philosopher, scholar, teacher, and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a foreword to this unique collection.

List of Contributors: Christa Davis Acampora, Anita L. Allen, Alexandra Bradner, Harry Brighouse, Steven M. Cahn, Ann E. Cudd, N. Ann Davis, Judith Wagner DeCew, Richard De George, Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Deni Elliott, Dan Edelstein, Keota Fields, Leslie P. Francis, Peter A. French, Alan H, Goldman, Karen Hanson, Elizabeth Harman, David A. Hoekema, Laura M. Howard, James F. Keenan, Anthony Laden, Meira Levinson, Peter Markie, Mary Kate McGowan, Jennifer M. Morton, Debra Satz, David Shatz, Robert Simon, Cynthia A. Stark, Bryan Warnick, Shelley Wilcox

Steven M. Cahn is professor emeritus of philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he served for a decade as provost and vice president for The Office of Academic Affairs, then as acting president. He is the author or editor of nearly seventy books. Most recently he wroteSaints and Scamps: Ethics inAcademia,25th Anniversary Edition;From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor;Teaching Philosophy: A Guide;andNavigating Academic Life: How the System Works.He editedMorality, Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics; The Affirmative Action Debate; Moral Problems in Higher Education;and served as general editor of the fifteen-volume Rowman& Littlefield seriesIssues in Academic Ethics.

Foreword

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Preface

PART ONE: ACADEMIC FREEDOM

1 Racism, Naming Racism, and Academic Freedom

Elizabeth Harman

2.Free Speech Violations and Campus Politics

Mary Kate McGowan

PART TWO: TENURE

3. In Defense of Academic Tenure

Richard DeGeorge

4. What Should Count for Tenure and Promotion?

David Shatz

5.Academic Career Success

Keota Fields

PART THREE: PRIVACY

6. Confidentiality and Professional Practice

Peter Markie

7. Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Christa Davis Acampora

PART FOUR: INJUSTICE

8. Misogyny, Himpathy, and Sexual Harassment

Cynthia A. Stark

9. Institutional Inequality

Jennifer M. Morton

PART FIVE: SEEKING JUSTICE

10. Reckoning with Past Injustice

Ann E. Cudd

11.Should Universities Pay Reparations?

Alan H. Goldman

12. Rethinking Affirmative Action

Steven M. Cahn

PART SIX: DISABILITIES

13. Achieving Disability Inclusion

Leslie Francis

14. Discontent with Disability Accommodations

N. Ann Davis

PART SEVEN: THE FORGOTTEN

15. Overlooking Community Colleges and the Working Class

James F. Keenan, S.J.

16. The Cruelty of the Adjunct System

Alexandra Bradner

PART EIGHT: ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

17. Prudent Reserve in Academic Administration

Karen Hanson

18. The Discretion of Academic Administrators

Anita L.Allen

PART NINE: TECHNOLOGY

19. Ethical Online University Instruction

Shelley Wilcox

20. Improving Fully Online Instruction

Laura M. Howard

PART TEN : ADMISSIONS

21. Merit, Wealth, and the Ethics of College Admissions

Meira Levinson

22. The Ethics of Doctoral Admissions

Bryan Warnick

PART ELEVEN: STUDENTS

23. The Goals of Campus Discipline

David Hoekema

24. The Social Costs of a College Education

Anthony Simon Laden

PART TWELVE: THE CURRICULUM

25. Why College? An Education for Freedom

Dan Edelstein andDebra Satz

26. Ethics Requirements in the Liberal Arts Curriculum]

Kyla Ebels-Duggan

PART THIRTEEN: THE UNIVERSITYS MISSION

27. Taking Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Seriously

Harry Brighouse

28. Assessing Faculty Unions

Judith Wagner DeCew

29. Friendraising

Deni Elliott

PART FOURTEEN: SPORTS

30. Intercollegiate Athletics as Entertainment

Peter A. French

31. Intercollegiate Athletics and Educational Values

Robert Simon

About the Authors