The future of the city of intellect
Subtitle: the changing American university
By: edited by Steven Brint.
Contributors: Brint, Steven G.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
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 / -- The; title: competition for high-ability students : universities in a key marketplace -- Roger L. Geiger / -- The; title: 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 / -- The; title: 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. -- The; title: disciplines and the future -- Andrew Abbott / -- The; title: rise of the "practical arts" -- Steven Brint / -- The; title: political economy of curriculum-making in American universities -- Sheila Slaughter -- Part IV: Continuity and change in academic work and university governance / -- The; title: "academic revolution" revisited -- Richard Chait /; title: University transformation : primary pathways to university autonomy and achievement-- Burton R. Clark.