The Future of the City of Intellect – The Changing American University (eng)

Brint, Steven

ISBN 10: 0804744203 / ISBN 13: 9780804744201

Editore: Stanford University Press, 2002

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• Titolo: The Future of the City of Intellect ? The Changing American University (eng)
• Editore: Stanford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0804744203
• ISBN 13: 9780804744201
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: new
• Peso: 0,64 chilogrammi

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Based on new data and new analytical frameworks, this book assesses the forces of change at play in the development of American universities and their prospects for the future. The book begins with a lengthy introduction by Clark Kerr that not only provides an overview of change since the time he coined the phrase “the city of intellect” but also discusses the major changes that will affect American universities over the next thirty years.

Part One examines demographic and economic changes, such as the rise of nearly universal higher education, private gift and corporate sponsorship of research, new labor market opportunities, and increasing inequality among institutions and disciplines. Part Two assesses the profound influence of the Internet and other technologies on teaching and learning. Part Three describes how the various forces of change affect the nature of academic research and the organization of disciplines and the curriculum. Part Four analyzes the consequences of change for university governance and the means by which universities in the future can maintain high levels of achievement while maintaining high levels of autonomy.

The contributors include many of today’s leading scholars of higher education. They are Andrew Abbott, Steven Brint, Richard Chait, Burton R. Clark, Randall Collins, David J. Collis, Roger L. Geiger, Patricia J. Gumport, Clark Kerr, Richard A. Lanham, Jason Owen-Smith, Walter W. Powell, Sheila Slaughter, and Carol Tomlinson-Keasey.

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Steven Brint is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author, most recently, of Schools and Societies.

Steven Brint is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author, most recently, of Schools and Societies.