Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1) (1967–)
Autor von Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick is the director of Digital Humanities and a professor of English at Michigan State University. She is the author of Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy and The Anxiety of Obsolescence: The American Novel in the Age of Television.
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The overarching notions of opening up academic work, engaging with a larger community, and asserting that the role of higher education is not to make money but to be part of the social project to improve and enrich life for all is critical. Fitzpatrick hits the nail on the head when she identifies the assessment and reward systems as a primary blocker for this--tenure and review, pitting individual academics against each other and institutional ranking systems that pit schools against each other. Faculty are the only ones who can change the former, a change that will have many, many positive side effects. I hope some are swayed by this book.… (mehr)