In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
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| Author | Professor X |
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| Publisher | Viking Adult |
Publication date | 2011 |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-02256-4 |
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic is a 2011 book by an adjunct professor of English, who writes under the pen name Professor X. It is based on an Atlantic Monthly article of the same title.[1] "Professor X teaches at a private college and at a community college in the northeastern United States"[2] and argues that "The idea that a university education is for everyone is a destructive myth."[1]
Reviews
- Sunday New York Times[3]
- NY Times[4]
- Christian Science Monitor[5]
- Washington Post[6]
- L.A. Times[7]
- The Millions[8]
- The New Yorker[9]
See also
- Academically Adrift
- Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
- UnCollege
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower - Magazine". The Atlantic. June 2008. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ "Professor X - Authors". The Atlantic. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ Lost in the Meritocracy
- ↑ An Academic Hit Man Brings More Bad News
- ↑ "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower". CSMonitor.com. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ ""In the Basement of the Ivory Tower," by Professor X, is about the current state of American higher education.". The Washington Post. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ Tales from college writing courses. The horrors continue.
- ↑ "Our Growing Higher Ed Crisis: Making Myths In the Basement of the Ivory Tower". The Millions. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/06/06/110606crat_atlarge_menand