The future of the city of intellect
Subtitle: the changing American university
By: edited by Steven Brint
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780585458373
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Universities and colleges; Higher Education; Aims and objectives; EDUCATION; Higher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Shock wave II : an introduction to the twenty-first century  -- Clark Kerr -- Part I: Demographic and economic forces of change.; title: Credential inflation and the future of universities  -- Randall Collins /; title: Universities and knowledge : restructuring the city of intellect  -- Patricia J. Gumport /; title: The competition for high-ability students : universities in a key marketplace  -- Roger L. Geiger /; title: The new world of knowledge production in the life sciences  -- Walter W. Powell, -- Jason Owen-Smith -- Part II: Technological forces of change.; title: Becoming digital : the challenges of weaving technology throughout higher education  -- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey /; title: The audit of virtuality : universities in the attention economy  -- Richard A. Lanham /; title: New business models for higher education  -- David J. Collis -- Part III: Continuity and change in fields of knowledge.; title: The disciplines and the future  -- Andrew Abbott /; title: The rise of the "practical arts"  -- Steven Brint /; title: The political economy of curriculum-making in American universities  -- Sheila Slaughter -- Part IV: Continuity and change in academic work and university governance /; title: The "academic revolution" revisited  -- Richard Chait /; title: University transformation : primary pathways to university autonomy and achievement -- Burton R. Clark.