Richard M. Huber

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My Works

The American Idea of Success
"A notable achievement . . . definitive. An extraordinary illumination of a very important aspect of American culture."
--Ralph H. Gabriel, Yale University


How Professors Play the Cat Guarding the Cream: Why We’re Paying More and Getting Less in Higher Education
“Uncommonly balanced and lucid inquiry . . . into how the campus differs from the rest of the world, most particularly the business world. . . . Huber argues that the university is disorganized, inefficient, internally contradictory and, so far as its teaching mission is concerned, unaccountable to anyone.”
--Washington Post


“Contending Viewpoints: Rethinking American Cultural Studies”
Journal of American & Comparative Cultures, 24 (Fall & Winter 2001), 37-42.

The Traditionalists introduced into the curriculum the discipline of American Studies. Theirs was a generation raised during the depression that fought in World War II. The Revisionists in revolt against the Traditionalists were the Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964.



Selected Works

1. American History
The American Idea of Success
"Keenly relevant...provides a fascinating perspective."
--Wall Street Journal
2. Non-fiction
How Professors Play the Cat Guarding the Cream: Why We’re Paying More and Getting Less in Higher Education
Research universities neglect undergraduates in a dysfunctional conflict of interest between teaching and research.
3. Essay



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