Increasing amounts of funds are given to universities each year that are to be invested and endow special salary supplements and spending allowances for named faculty. Donors’ motives are varied, but for the schools, the special use is a way to attract and retain faculty with national research...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to recognize how common practices of selling textbooks to university educators provide the tools for the faculty to minimize their teaching efforts. When coupled with higher education practices that see students as customers, such as university...