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Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser
| Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser |
| Autore | Smelser Neil J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States
Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Educational change - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic administration
academic community academic department academic disciplines academic freedom academic stratification academic accountability clark kerr complex structures contemporary trends education history education policy education reform education engaging higher ed leadership higher education history part time faculty political constituencies public support structural accretion teachers and faculty theory of change universities |
| ISBN | 0-520-95525-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Chapter I: Dynamics of American Universities -- Apologia -- What Kind of Creature is Higher Education? -- Functions -- The Problematic Status of "Functions" -- Moral Embeddedness -- Structural Changes Accompanying Growth -- Increasing the Size of Units -- Segmentation of Units -- Differentiation -- Proliferation -- Coordination -- A Peculiar Case in Higher Education: Structural Accretion -- A Historical Sketch of the Process -- The Discipline-based Academic Department: So Strong and Yet So -- Frail -- The Organized Research Unit as Distraction from Departments -- Reactions and Conflicts Endemic in the Process of Accretion -- Conditions Producing the Endemic Pattern -- Two Long-term Consequences of Accretion -- The Structuring of Faculty Activities -- Implications for Academic Community -- Chapter 2: The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- Instabilities Imposed on Inertial Stability -- Of Pythons and Goats -- Economic Fluctuations -- Competitors for Resources -- Relevance to Accretion -- Accretion and the Growth of Political Constituencies -- Internal Constituencies -- External Constituencies -- Accretion, Revenues, and Costs -- Accretion, Academic Administration, and Higher Education Politics -- Management as Science and Art -- Administration as Threat to Academic Culture -- Administration as Parkinsonian -- The Structural Alternative -- Implications for Shared Governance -- Accretion and Academic Stratification -- Institutional Prestige -- Multicampus Systems and Stratification -- Prestige Among Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions -- An Unprecedented Perfect Storm -- Unproductive Paradoxes: Starvation, Accountability, and Governance -- General Consequences of Shifts in Support and Costs -- Accountability, Governance, and Support. -- The Many Faces of Commercialization -- The Language and Imagery of Corporatism and Its -- Consequences -- Consumerism -- Economizing as a Way of Life -- University-Industry Relations -- On-line Distance Instruction and the Rise of the For-profits -- Non-tenured and Part-time Faculty -- Implications for Tenure -- Excursus on Academic Freedom -- Coda -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786270103321 |
Smelser Neil J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser
| Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser |
| Autore | Smelser Neil J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States
Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Educational change - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic administration
academic community academic department academic disciplines academic freedom academic stratification academic accountability clark kerr complex structures contemporary trends education history education policy education reform education engaging higher ed leadership higher education history part time faculty political constituencies public support structural accretion teachers and faculty theory of change universities |
| ISBN | 0-520-95525-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Chapter I: Dynamics of American Universities -- Apologia -- What Kind of Creature is Higher Education? -- Functions -- The Problematic Status of "Functions" -- Moral Embeddedness -- Structural Changes Accompanying Growth -- Increasing the Size of Units -- Segmentation of Units -- Differentiation -- Proliferation -- Coordination -- A Peculiar Case in Higher Education: Structural Accretion -- A Historical Sketch of the Process -- The Discipline-based Academic Department: So Strong and Yet So -- Frail -- The Organized Research Unit as Distraction from Departments -- Reactions and Conflicts Endemic in the Process of Accretion -- Conditions Producing the Endemic Pattern -- Two Long-term Consequences of Accretion -- The Structuring of Faculty Activities -- Implications for Academic Community -- Chapter 2: The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- Instabilities Imposed on Inertial Stability -- Of Pythons and Goats -- Economic Fluctuations -- Competitors for Resources -- Relevance to Accretion -- Accretion and the Growth of Political Constituencies -- Internal Constituencies -- External Constituencies -- Accretion, Revenues, and Costs -- Accretion, Academic Administration, and Higher Education Politics -- Management as Science and Art -- Administration as Threat to Academic Culture -- Administration as Parkinsonian -- The Structural Alternative -- Implications for Shared Governance -- Accretion and Academic Stratification -- Institutional Prestige -- Multicampus Systems and Stratification -- Prestige Among Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions -- An Unprecedented Perfect Storm -- Unproductive Paradoxes: Starvation, Accountability, and Governance -- General Consequences of Shifts in Support and Costs -- Accountability, Governance, and Support. -- The Many Faces of Commercialization -- The Language and Imagery of Corporatism and Its -- Consequences -- Consumerism -- Economizing as a Way of Life -- University-Industry Relations -- On-line Distance Instruction and the Rise of the For-profits -- Non-tenured and Part-time Faculty -- Implications for Tenure -- Excursus on Academic Freedom -- Coda -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821124503321 |
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Smelser Neil J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The student loan mess : how good intentions created a trillion-dollar problem / / Joel Best, Eric Best
| The student loan mess : how good intentions created a trillion-dollar problem / / Joel Best, Eric Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.3/62 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BestEric |
| Soggetto topico |
Student loans - United States
Student loans - Government policy - United States College graduates - United States - Finance, Personal |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american dream
college costs college education college students college crushing debt deadbeat students defaulting on debts economic crisis economy education father and son team federal education legislation finances financial aid for profit colleges former banker higher education loans money mortgage meltdown political retrospective social concerns sociologist student loan debts student loan disaster student loan policies students and schools teachers and faculty university wealth |
| ISBN | 0-520-95844-6 |
| Classificazione | SOC026000SOC002010 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Good Intentions and Wasted Brainpower: The First Student Loan Mess -- 2. Disillusionment and Deadbeats: The Second Student Loan Mess -- 3. Outrage and Crushing Debt: The Third Student Loan Mess -- 4. Dread and the For-Profit Bubble: The Fourth Student Loan Mess -- 5. What's Next? Prospective Student Loan Messes -- 6. Beyond Making Messes? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789392503321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The student loan mess : how good intentions created a trillion-dollar problem / / Joel Best, Eric Best
| The student loan mess : how good intentions created a trillion-dollar problem / / Joel Best, Eric Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.3/62 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BestEric |
| Soggetto topico |
Student loans - United States
Student loans - Government policy - United States College graduates - United States - Finance, Personal |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american dream
college costs college education college students college crushing debt deadbeat students defaulting on debts economic crisis economy education father and son team federal education legislation finances financial aid for profit colleges former banker higher education loans money mortgage meltdown political retrospective social concerns sociologist student loan debts student loan disaster student loan policies students and schools teachers and faculty university wealth |
| ISBN | 0-520-95844-6 |
| Classificazione | SOC026000SOC002010 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Good Intentions and Wasted Brainpower: The First Student Loan Mess -- 2. Disillusionment and Deadbeats: The Second Student Loan Mess -- 3. Outrage and Crushing Debt: The Third Student Loan Mess -- 4. Dread and the For-Profit Bubble: The Fourth Student Loan Mess -- 5. What's Next? Prospective Student Loan Messes -- 6. Beyond Making Messes? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811823203321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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