The future of the city of intellect : the changing American university / edited by Steven Brint.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brint, Steven G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 353 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Shock wave II : an introduction to the twenty-first century / Clark Kerr

Demographic and economic forces of change. Credential inflation and the future of universities / Randall Collins. Universities and knowledge : restructuring the city of intellect / Patricia J. Gumport. The competition for high-ability students : universities in a key marketplace / Roger L. Geiger. The new world of knowledge production in the life sciences / Walter W. Powell and Jason Owen-Smith

Technological forces of change. Becoming digital : the challenges of weaving technology throughout higher education / Carol Tomlinson-Keasey. The audit of virtuality : universities in the attention economy / Richard A. Lanham. New business models for higher education / David J. Collis

Continuity and change in fields of knowledge. The disciplines and the future / Andrew Abbott. The rise of the "practical arts" / Steven Brint. The political economy of curriculum-making in American universities / Sheila Slaughter

Continuity and change in academic work and university governance. The "academic revolution" revisited / Richard Chait. University transformation : primary pathways to university autonomy and achievement / Burton R. Clark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-45837-5