Title: Reconstructing the university : worldwide shifts in academia in the 20th century /
Authors: Frank, David John; Gabler, Jay.
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Universities and colleges Curricula History; Curriculum change History; Enseignement universitaire Programmes d'études Histoire; Programmes d'études Changements Histoire; Universiteiten.; Hervormingen.; Leerplanontwikkeling.
Abstract: Current conversations on the state of academia contain a broad sense of crisis over changes in the body of university knowledge - the decline of literature, the unbridling of ethnic studies, the growth of various applied programs and so on.
Contents: Introduction : the ongoing reconstruction of the university -- The branches of learning and the basic and applied divisions -- The humanities -- The social sciences -- The natural sciences -- The subject matters of history -- Conclusion : universities and global-institutional frame.