Higher education in Europe and the United States of America : a diverse collection of essays / Henry Wasser, with Solidelle Fortier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wasser, Henry, 1919-2016.

Fortier, Solidelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Europe.

Education, Higher.

Europe.

Education, Higher--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 128 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2007.

Summary:

This is an assemblage of papers presented at conferences in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Portugal, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. They analyze such topics as structure; corporatization of universities; changing boundaries between public and private higher education legitimacy and crisis; role of academic leaders and university trustees; economic development; impact of universities on the community; and the political and social impact of universities.

The essays constitute a fairly comprehensive international review of major issues now confronting universities. They represent the view that this may well be a qualitative change in the long history of universities and that the interplay between society and university may be more intricate and mutually affective than ever before. Universities will increasingly be altered by developments in the economics, sociology, and politics of society. The modes of recent history, as well as comparative analysis are utilized. This work is appropriate for higher education researchers, sociologists, political scientists, and economists.

Contents:

1 The Role of the Public University Trustee: City University of New York: A Case History 1

2 Technical and General Education: A Comparative View 10

3 European and American University Leaders: A Comparative Perspective 16

4 Economic Impact of Staten Island Community College 30

5 Henry Adams: American Intellectual 41

6 Comments on Method in Comparative Higher Education 58

7 Veblen and Fitzgerald-Absentee Ownership and The Great Gatsby 64

8 Universities in the Age of Privatization 74

9 The Costs of Benefits of Recent Higher Education Reforms 80

10 Legitimacy Crisis in Higher Education 87

10 Universities and the Corporate Model 92

12 The Growth of Short-Cycle Higher Education 98

13 The European Community and Higher Education 108

14 Scandinavian Universities 114

15 Reform in Norwegian Higher Education: The District College 119

16 The Idea of Contemporary Europe 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780761837787

0761837787

9780761837794

0761837795

OCLC:

191996373