The American Enterprise Institute has released Professors on the Production Line, Students on Their Own by Mark Bauerlein.
Here's an excerpt:
Mark Bauerlein, a professor of English at Emory University and former director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, examines the pressure on humanities professors to "publish publish publish" and explains why the abundance of research offers diminishing returns. He laments the consequences for undergraduate education and student engagement and suggests that students, faculty, and the broader society would be well-served if we revisited this aged and problematic compact. . . .
Read more about it at "Unread Monographs, Uninspired Undergrads."
