| Altbach’s work is based on a massive data set stemming from a Carnegie Foundation survey of 20,000 faculty members in 14 countries around the globe. He reports that the American academic profession appears to have little awareness of the complex realities affecting American universities today. These new realities have led to, among other things, serious attacks on the institution of tenure and the amount of research conducted by faculty. Altbach offers a global perspective of the academic profession from which to draw lessons to apply to meeting the challenges facing American higher education today. |