At the same time, we are witnessing the corporatization of the academy. Consequently,
we are constantly pressured to ‘‘prove’’ our value in quantitative and cost–
benefit assessments. For many of our colleagues, teaching has become a means to
some evaluative end. The sociology for people (Lee 1978) that we cherish has
increasingly become the ‘‘sociology for the institution.’’ For the humanist sociologist,
dedicated to social activism and public sociology, these trends have placed serious
constraints on what we do and who we are.