The enigmatic academy [electronic resource] : class, bureaucracy, and religion in American education / Christian J. Churchill, Gerald Levy.

Pt. I. Plufort College. The regional atmosphere
The development thrust
The Symbiotic community
The academic trajectory
The sociopolitical whirlpool
The socially ironic reality screen
The public relations panorama
The competitive strain
Conclusion: the bureaucratic grip
pt. II. Mountainview School. The Brahmin tone
The civil service intrusion
The embattled entitlement path
The clubbable induction
The currency of behavior
The leisured deviance realm
Conclusion: rentier incorrigibility in academe
pt. III. Landover Job Corps Center. History: profit motives, local fears, violent outbreaks
Approaching Landover
The river to the job
Responses to institutionalized failure
Students: "it's a risky place"
Conclusion: the veil of ennui.