{"product_id":"9780814791127","title":"How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs much as we think we know about the modern university, very little has been said about what it's like to work there. Instead of the high-wage, high-profit world of knowledge work, most campus employees—including the vast majority of faculty—really work in the low-wage, low-profit sphere of the service economy. Tenure-track positions are at an all-time low, with adjuncts and graduate students teaching the majority of courses. This super-exploited corps of disposable workers commonly earn fewer than $16,000 annually, without benefits, teaching as many as eight classes per year. Even undergraduates are being exploited as a low-cost, disposable workforce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Bousquet, a major figure in the academic labor movement, exposes the seamy underbelly of higher education—a world where faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates work long hours for fast-food wages. Assessing the costs of higher education’s corporatization on faculty and students at every level, \u003cstrong\u003eHow the University Works\u003c\/strong\u003e is urgent reading for anyone interested in the fate of the university.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110916997360,"sku":"9780814791127","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814791127_p0.jpg?v=1763749076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814791127","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}