Deborah L. Rhode is Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, and Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at the Stanford Law School. She has written and edited fifteen previous books, including Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice: Public Service and the Professions (Stanford University Press, 2005).

"Rhode has written a spirited book on what students and parents are—and aren't—getting for their investments in higher education. In her view, it isn't very much."—New York Review of Books "Rhode approaches a familiar subject in unusual and creative ways, artfully synthesizing vast materials from different fields and sources. Her sober ethical argument is sure to stimulate debate among scholars and professional leaders in higher education."—Ted Youn, Boston College "Among the spate of recent accounts of the state of American higher education, In Pursuit of Knowledge stands out. It's an insider's dissection of university life, written with crispness and clarity. This nicely balanced, but never namby-pamby, account eschews ideology for critical analysis. It makes essential reading for anyone seeking a fresh perspective on such contentious questions as the caliber of college teaching, the uses and abuses of academic freedom, and the capacity of today's academic managers to lead their institutions effectively."—David L. Kirp, author of Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line, University of California, Berkeley "Although no dearth of accountability edicts exists at this moment in the history of higher education, Deborah L. Rhode's In Pursuit of Knowledge offers another, this one an insider perspective that joins current and contentious public debates questioning the twenty-first-century university's very raison d'etre. This vexed topic is enlivened by Rhode's heavily documented and widely ranging perusal...suggesting the expansive scope of the book." —JAC

• AcknowledgmentsChapter OneTHE ACADEMIC MISSION: IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICEChapter TwoSCHOLARSHIPChapter ThreeTEACHINGChapter FourADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEChapter FiveTHE PUBLIC INTELLECTUALChapter SixIDEALS AND INSTITUTIONSNotesBibliography: Selected Academic Novels and HumorIndex

Deborah L. Rhode is Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, and Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at the Stanford Law School. She has written and edited fifteen previous books, including Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice: Public Service and the Professions (Stanford University Press, 2005).

"Rhode has written a spirited book on what students and parents are—and aren't—getting for their investments in higher education. In her view, it isn't very much."—New York Review of Books "Rhode approaches a familiar subject in unusual and creative ways, artfully synthesizing vast materials from different fields and sources. Her sober ethical argument is sure to stimulate debate among scholars and professional leaders in higher education."—Ted Youn, Boston College "Among the spate of recent accounts of the state of American higher education, In Pursuit of Knowledge stands out. It's an insider's dissection of university life, written with crispness and clarity. This nicely balanced, but never namby-pamby, account eschews ideology for critical analysis. It makes essential reading for anyone seeking a fresh perspective on such contentious questions as the caliber of college teaching, the uses and abuses of academic freedom, and the capacity of today's academic managers to lead their institutions effectively."—David L. Kirp, author of Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line, University of California, Berkeley "Although no dearth of accountability edicts exists at this moment in the history of higher education, Deborah L. Rhode's In Pursuit of Knowledge offers another, this one an insider perspective that joins current and contentious public debates questioning the twenty-first-century university's very raison d'etre. This vexed topic is enlivened by Rhode's heavily documented and widely ranging perusal...suggesting the expansive scope of the book." —JAC

• AcknowledgmentsChapter OneTHE ACADEMIC MISSION: IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICEChapter TwoSCHOLARSHIPChapter ThreeTEACHINGChapter FourADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEChapter FiveTHE PUBLIC INTELLECTUALChapter SixIDEALS AND INSTITUTIONSNotesBibliography: Selected Academic Novels and HumorIndex

Deborah L. Rhode is Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, and Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at the Stanford Law School. She has written and edited fifteen previous books, including Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice: Public Service and the Professions (Stanford University Press, 2005).

"Rhode has written a spirited book on what students and parents are—and aren't—getting for their investments in higher education. In her view, it isn't very much."—New York Review of Books "Rhode approaches a familiar subject in unusual and creative ways, artfully synthesizing vast materials from different fields and sources. Her sober ethical argument is sure to stimulate debate among scholars and professional leaders in higher education."—Ted Youn, Boston College "Among the spate of recent accounts of the state of American higher education, In Pursuit of Knowledge stands out. It's an insider's dissection of university life, written with crispness and clarity. This nicely balanced, but never namby-pamby, account eschews ideology for critical analysis. It makes essential reading for anyone seeking a fresh perspective on such contentious questions as the caliber of college teaching, the uses and abuses of academic freedom, and the capacity of today's academic managers to lead their institutions effectively."—David L. Kirp, author of Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line, University of California, Berkeley "Although no dearth of accountability edicts exists at this moment in the history of higher education, Deborah L. Rhode's In Pursuit of Knowledge offers another, this one an insider perspective that joins current and contentious public debates questioning the twenty-first-century university's very raison d'etre. This vexed topic is enlivened by Rhode's heavily documented and widely ranging perusal...suggesting the expansive scope of the book." —JAC

• AcknowledgmentsChapter OneTHE ACADEMIC MISSION: IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICEChapter TwoSCHOLARSHIPChapter ThreeTEACHINGChapter FourADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEChapter FiveTHE PUBLIC INTELLECTUALChapter SixIDEALS AND INSTITUTIONSNotesBibliography: Selected Academic Novels and HumorIndex