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4
Mary Madison, “Suicide Suspected in Cox Death,”
Peninsula Times Tribune
, January 28, 1978, p. 1; “Carolyn Lougee Named First Recipient of Allan V. Cox Medal,”
Stanford University Campus Report
, June 17, 1987, p. 26.

5
Robin Wilson, “Widespread Complaints: Undergraduates at Large Universities Found to Be Increasingly Dissatisfied,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, January 9, 1991, p. A38.

6
Tom Jehn, Ellen Liebner, and Mario Orlovich, “Forum Reveals College Dilemma: Larger Classes, Smaller Faculty,”
Chicago Maroon
(University of Chicago), May 31, 1988, p. 2.

7
Adam Lisberg, “Why College Professors Are Not There,”
Chicago Maroon
(University of Chicago), May 5, 1989, p. 1.

8
David Hood, “
Profscam
at UNC,”
The Carolina Critic
, September 1989, p. 26.

9
Robin Wilson, “Widespread Complaints: Undergraduates at Large Universities Found to be Increasingly Dissatisfied,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, Jan. 9, 1991, p. A38.

10
Ibid.
, p. A1.

11
Ibid.
, p. A38.

12
Lucia Kendall, “Davidson College Needs to Hire More Professors,”
The Davidsonian
, January 15, 1988, p. 15; Caroline Worlock, “Registration Problems Plague Freshmen,”
The Carletonian
, November 11, 1988, p. 1; “Workload Woes,”
The Wellesley News
, February 14, 1990, p. 2.

13
Jason DeParle and Liza Munday, “Why Higher Education is Neither,”
The Washington Monthly
, October 1989, p. 31.

14
Wendy Kahn, “Crowded Classes,”
Daily Brown Herald
, April 16, 1990, p. 1.

15
Robin Wilson, “Widespread Complaints: Undergraduates at Large Universities Found to Be Increasingly Dissatisfied,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, January 9, 1991, p. A38.

16
Ibid.

17
David J. Powell, “LSA’s Road to Insanity,”
Michigan Review
(University of Michigan), December 1990, p. 1.

18
Linda D’Arigelo, “Whittaker Denies Wolfe Tenure,”
The Tech
(M.I.T.), March 11, 1990, pp. 1, 15.

19
Scott Heller, “Teaching Award: Aid to Tenure or Kiss of Death?”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, March 16, 1988, p. A14.

20
“Is Good Teaching, Valued? Biology Students Wonder,”
Stanford University Campus Report
(Stanford University), April 25, 1990, p. 9.

21
Scott Heller, “Teaching Award: Aid to Tenure or Kiss of Death?”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, March 16, 1988, p. A14.

22
Ibid.

23
Eric Hirsch, “Good Teaching Leads to Tenure Trouble,”
Columbia Daily Spectator
, February 6, 1989, p. 3.

24
Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, “Brinkley Decides to Take Tenured Post at CUNY,”
Harvard Crimson
, November 2, 1987, p. 1.

25
Committee on Undergraduate Education,
CUE Course Evaluation Guide, 1987-88
(Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1987), p. 658.

26
“Ameliorate Advising System,”
Columbia Daily Spectator
, March 3, 1989, p. 3.

27
“Dear Adviser,”
The Cavalier Daily
(University of Virginia), April 26, 1990, p. 2.

28
“Senior Survey,”
Stanford University Campus Report
, November 16, 1988, p. 10.

29
David Riesman,
On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise in an Era of Rising Student Consumerism
(San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980), p. 258.

30
“Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!,”
The Confidential Guide: Courses at Harvard-Radcliffe 1990-91
(Cambridge, Mass.: The Harvard Crimson, Inc., 1990), p. 66.

31
Ibid.

32
“History of the Earth,”
The Confidential Guide: Courses at Harvard Radcliffe 1987-88
(Cambridge, Mass.: The Harvard Crimson Inc., 1987), p. 63.

33
Ibid.

34
“TR Rates the Professors: The Excellent, the Mediocre, and the Atrocious,”
Texas Review
, September 1987, p. 7.

35
“Student Hits Porn Lecture,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, December 1985, p. 2.

36
“The Best and the Bogus,”
Northwestern Review
, November 17, 1989, p. 5.

37
“What Am I in For?”
California Review of Berkeley
, November 1989, p. 9.

38
Student Course Guide, Spring 1987
(Princeton: USG Committee on Academics, 1987), pp. 32, 33, 34, 44, 75.

39
Teacher-Course Evaluation Book 1986
(Durham, N.C.: Duke University Publications Board, 1986), p. 7.

40
Ibid.
, p. 16.

41
Committee on Undergraduate Education,
CUE Course Evaluation Guide, 1987-88
, p. 658.

42
David Hood,
“Profscam
at UNC,”
The Carolina Critic
, September 1989, p.30.

43
“Evaluation of Psychology 060,” mimeographed, unpaged, and undated.

44
Student Course Evaluations 1987-88
(Chicago: University of Chicago Dean’s Student Advisory Committee), pp. P-15, P-22.

45
Robin Wilson, “Widespread Complaints: Undergraduates at Large Universities Found to Be Increasingly Dissatisfied,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, January 9, 1991, p. A38.

46
Scott Heller, “Teaching Award: Aid to Tenure or Kiss of Death?”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, March 16, 1988, p. A14.

47
“TA’s May Learn English,”
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
, February 9, 1990, p. 2.

48
“The Beautiful … And the Damned,”
Dartmouth Review
, September 15, 1989, p. 8.

49
“Prof. Mark Reader Won’t Talk,”
AIA Report
(Accuracy in Academia), November 1985, unpaged.

50
Todd D. Harbour, “Philpott’s Class a Study of Distraction,”
Texas Review
, February 1987, pp. 1, 12.

51
Bill Dillon, “The Professor as Politician,”
Harvard Salient
, December 1987, p. 11.

52
“U Mass to Begin Teaching Diversity,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, January 1991, p. 1.

53
George F. Will, “Radical English,”
The Washington Post
, September 16, 1990, p. B7.

54
Agnes Sagan, “A Look at the Course Book and the Courses’ Books,”
Cornell Review
, September 1989, p. 3.

55
Jeff Muir, “The Pea Plant—Sandinista Connection,”
Michigan Review
, December 1990, p. 10.

56
“And They Call It ‘Education’,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, October 1987, p. 1.

57
Ibid.
, p. 4.

58
Christopher Baldwin, “Bill Cole in His Own Words—Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing,”
Dartmouth Review
, February 24, 1988, p. 5.

59
The Confidential Guide: Courses at Harvard-Radcliffe
1987-88, p. 169.

60
“Violent Views and Tender Grades,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, March 1987, pp. 1, 5.

61
“Campus Briefs: Prof Criticized for ‘Points for Protest,’”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, July/August 1990, p. 3.

62
See, for example, “Marxist Professors: Winning Votes and Minds,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, December 1987, p. 4.

63
Economics 357K Syllabus, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1985, page 3.

64
“Good Profs, Bad Profs—Students Rate the Faculty,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, October 1987, p. 4.

65
“Anti-Military Bias Offends Vet,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, February 1988, p. 1.

66
Jeff Muir, “The Pea Plant—Sandinista Connection,”
The Michigan Review
, December 1990, p. 10.

67
“First Muzzled, Then Jailed,”
Campus Report from Accuracy in Academia
, April 1986, pp. 1, 5.

68
“TR Rates the Professors: The Excellent, the Mediocre, and the Atrocious,”
Texas Review
, September 1987, p. 6.

69
Ibid.
, p. 8.

70
Gerald Davis, “Departing Seniors Award University High Marks,”
Stanford University Campus Report
(Stanford University), April 25, 1990, p. 6.

71
Student Course Evaluations 1987-88
(University of Chicago), pp. P-16, P-26.

72
Ibid.
, p. S-18.

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