Academic gangs

Scheff compares academia to street gangs: professors form loyal “academic gangs” within disciplines that secure careers and identity but deepen isolation, loyalty rituals, and detachment from students and real-world problems.

Mots-clés: academic gangs, loyalty, disciplines, universities, professors, career advancement, isolation, identity, jargon, clan, conformity, postmodernism, behaviorism, emotional needs, specialization, academia, solidarity, hierarchy, power, reform