The American University / Talcott Parsons, Gerald M. Platt; Jackson Toby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Talcott, author.

Platt, Gerald M., author.

Contributor:

Smelser, Neil J.

Toby, Jackson, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Local Subjects:

Universities and colleges--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

FIGURES

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE COGNITIVE COMPLEX: KNOWLEDGE, RATIONALITY, LEARNING, COMPETENCE, INTELLIGENCE

3. THE CORE SECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY: GRADUATE TRAINING AND RESEARCH

4. GENERAL EDUCATION AND STUDENTRY SOCIALIZATION: THE UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE

5. THE UNIVERSITY AND THE APPLIED PROFESSIONS: THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

6. THE UNIVERSITY AND THE "INTELLECTUALS"

7. DYNAMIC PROCESS IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

8. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: SOME PROBABLE TRENDS

9. EPILOGUE: SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

TECHNICAL APPENDIX: SOME GENERAL THEORETICAL PARADIGMS

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-42362-3

OCLC:

1013956196