Stanley Fish is currently Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Florida International University in Miami and Dean Emeritus at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of ten books--including Is There a Text in this Class--and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, New York Times Book Review, Harper's, The Atlantic, Esquire, Slate, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Fish writes the "Think Again" blog for the opinion section of the New York Times.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1 The Task of Higher Education ; Chapter 2 Do Your Job ; Chapter 3 Administrative Interlude ; Chapter 4 Don't Try to Do Someone Else's Job ; Chapter 5 Don't Let Anyone Else Do Your Job ; Chapter 6 Higher Education Under Attack ; Chapter 7 A Conclusion and Two Voices from the Other Side ; Selected Bibliography ; Index

This text is characteristic of Fish's recent writings on the role of the academy, whereby he skilfully reframes the debate to reveal and question the hidden presuppositions of both sides of the university controversy, which is becoming increasingly complex due to conflicting views of the university's purpose.

Stanley Fish is currently Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Florida International University in Miami and Dean Emeritus at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of ten books--including Is There a Text in this Class--and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, New York Times Book Review, Harper's, The Atlantic, Esquire, Slate, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Fish writes the "Think Again" blog for the opinion section of the New York Times.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1 The Task of Higher Education ; Chapter 2 Do Your Job ; Chapter 3 Administrative Interlude ; Chapter 4 Don't Try to Do Someone Else's Job ; Chapter 5 Don't Let Anyone Else Do Your Job ; Chapter 6 Higher Education Under Attack ; Chapter 7 A Conclusion and Two Voices from the Other Side ; Selected Bibliography ; Index

This text is characteristic of Fish's recent writings on the role of the academy, whereby he skilfully reframes the debate to reveal and question the hidden presuppositions of both sides of the university controversy, which is becoming increasingly complex due to conflicting views of the university's purpose.

Stanley Fish is currently Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Florida International University in Miami and Dean Emeritus at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of ten books--including Is There a Text in this Class--and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, New York Times Book Review, Harper's, The Atlantic, Esquire, Slate, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Fish writes the "Think Again" blog for the opinion section of the New York Times.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1 The Task of Higher Education ; Chapter 2 Do Your Job ; Chapter 3 Administrative Interlude ; Chapter 4 Don't Try to Do Someone Else's Job ; Chapter 5 Don't Let Anyone Else Do Your Job ; Chapter 6 Higher Education Under Attack ; Chapter 7 A Conclusion and Two Voices from the Other Side ; Selected Bibliography ; Index

This text is characteristic of Fish's recent writings on the role of the academy, whereby he skilfully reframes the debate to reveal and question the hidden presuppositions of both sides of the university controversy, which is becoming increasingly complex due to conflicting views of the university's purpose.