Description
Book SynopsisThis is an assembling of papers presented at conferences in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Portugal, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. They analyze such topics as structure; corporatization of universities; changing boundaries between public and private higher education legitimacy and crisis; role of academic leaders and university trustees; economic development; impact of universities on the community; and the political and social impact of universities. The essays constitute a fairly comprehensive international review of major issues now confronting universities. They represent the view that this may well be a qualitative change in the long history of universities and that the interplay between society and university may be more intricate and mutually affective than ever before. Universities will increasingly be altered by developments in the economics, sociology, and politics of society. The modes of recent history as well as comparative analysis are utilized. This work is appropriate for higher education researchers, sociologists, political scientists, and economists.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Role of the Public University Trustee: City University of New York: A Case History Chapter 4 Technical and General Education: A Comparative View Chapter 5 European and American University Leaders: A Comparative Perspective Chapter 6 Economic Impact of Staten Island Community College Chapter 7 Henry Adams: American Intellectual Chapter 8 Comments on Method in Comparative Higher Educations Chapter 9 Veblen and Fitzgerald—Absentee Ownership and The Great Gatsby Chapter 10 Universities in the Age of Privatization Chapter 11 Cost of Benefits of Recent Higher Education Reforms Chapter 12 Legitimacy Crisis in Higher Education Chapter 13 Universities and teh Corporate Model Chapter 14 The Growth of Short-Cycle Higher Education Chapter 15 The European Community and Higher Education Chapter 16 Scandinavian Universities Chapter 17 Reform in Norwegian Higher Education: The District College Chapter 18 The Idea of Contemporary Europe
