picture If you'd like to share your story for the next book, I can interview you or loan you a camera. I'm especially interested in the working lives of undergraduates, graduate student employees, staff, and contingent faculty. Just email me at pmbousquet (at) gmail or add a comment on the weblog with your contact information. I'll be in touch
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New! The latest featured video (including "Faculty on Food Stamps." "Play Ph.D. Casino!" and "Higher Ed: Free for All") is available on the How The University Works youtube channel. Use the miniplayer above or follow the link for full-size.

New! The book is now shipping from NYU Press and is being offered at a discount by Amazon ($17.25). You can order it, see reviews and read more, including excerpts, on my weblog with video at howtheuniversityworks.com.

Future video content includes interviews with Adolph Reed on why higher education should be free (and how we can do it for less than we spend in a month on the Iraq war)* Jane Buck on the future of the AAUP * Julie Schmid and Flo Hatcher on organizing contingent faculty and graduate employees * California Faculty Association leaders Susan Meisenhelder and Elizabeth Hoffman on how to buttonhole a legislator near you *

and many, many more including Jeffrey Williams * Cary Nelson * Patty Harkin * Paul Lauter * Rosemary Feal * Katherine Hayles * Steven Mailloux * Michelle Masse *Katie Hogan * Robert Samuels * Joe Urgo * Jamie Owen Daniel *John Wilson * Sid Dobrin *

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