The schooled society : the educational transformation of global culture /
Baker, David,1952 January 5-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : a quiet revolution -- From education revolution to the schooled society -- Constructing culture : academic intelligence, social status, and human rights -- The incredible longevity of the Western university -- Mass education and the super research university -- Constructing reality : ice cream, women's studies, and the MBA -- The educational transformation of work -- Credentialing in the schooled society -- The transformation of knowledge and truth claims -- Failure, redemption, and the construction of the self -- An educated polity : the universal solvent and the political paradox -- An educated laity : the education-religion paradox -- Conclusion : the schooled society and beyond : ubiquitous, formidable, and noisy.
Education
Social change.
Education and globalization.