A Season of Grace by Bette Nordberg
The era of a 'slow-paced' academia characterized by leisurely tempos of research and pedagogy has gone. Academia is now an intensely social site, and the boundaries between capitalist dynamics and academic life have become blurred. Academic workloads are increasing as academics have to deal with an ever-growing number of tasks, information, obligations, texts, procedures and connections. Yet the time available for carrying out these activities remains relatively constant, and even seems to be decreasing. Simultaneously, the 'will to accelerate' has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production, propelled by competitiveness and the drive for excellence. Filip Vostal examines the changing character of academic time, and questions the nature of this acceleration. Without challenging its negative implications, Vostal argues that we cannot fully understand this phenomenon unless we scrutinize its positive dimensions, and ask why people opt for acceleration, and how and why the compulsion to accelerate features in higher education policy discourse.BETTE NORDBERG graduated in 1977 from the University of Washington with a degree in Physical Therapy, but her real love is writing. Her fiction projects include, Serenity Bay (the 2001 Angel Award, Excellence in Media), Pacific Hope, and Thin Air (released in fall 2002), all published by Bethany House Publishers.
Her writing has also been included in Prayers for Troubled Times and 101 Stories of Answered Prayer, published by AMG Publishers.
Bette, and her husband Kim, have four children-two in college and two at home in Puyallup, Washington. Bette and Kim have been instrumental in planting a new church in Puyallup-the Lighthouse Christian Church (CM&A).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780736913416 |
| ISBN 10 | 0736913416 |
| Title | A Season of Grace |
| Author | Bette Nordberg |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvest House Publishers,U.S. |
| Year published | 2004-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 335 |
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