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The Future of the City of Intellect : The Changing American University / ed. by Steven Brint.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Contributors
- Shock Wave II: An Introduction to the Twenty-First Century
- Part I Demographic and Economic Forces of Change
- Chapter one Credential Inflation and the Future of Universities
- Chapter two Universities and Knowledge: Restructuring the City of Intellect
- Chapter three The Competition for High-Ability Students: Universities in a Key Marketplace
- Chapter four The New World of Knowledge Production in the Life Sciences
- Part II Technological Forces of Change
- Chapter five Becoming Digital: The Challenge of Weaving Technology throughout Higher Education
- Chapter six The Audit of Virtuality: Universities in the Attention Economy
- Chapter seven New Business Models for Higher Education
- Part III Continuity and Change in Fields of Knowledge
- Chapter eight The Disciplines and the Future
- Chapter nine The Rise of the “Practical Arts”
- Chapter ten The Political Economy of Curriculum-Making in American Universities
- Part IV Continuity and Change in Academic Work and University Governance
- Chapter eleven The “Academic Revolution” Revisited
- Chapter twelve University Transformation: Primary Pathways to University Autonomy and Achievement
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
- ISBN:
- 9780804779166
- 0804779163
- OCLC:
- 1319225525
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