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Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts
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In this volume, Patricia Gumport and other leading scholars examine the sociology of higher education as it has evolved since the publication of Burton Clark’s foundational article in 1973. They trace diverse conceptual and empirical developments along several major lines of specialization and analyze the ways in which wider societal and institutional changes in higher education have influenced this vital field of study.In her own chapters, Gumport identifies the fa… More >>
Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts
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The Mockers and Mocked; Comparative Perspectives on Differentation, Convergence and Diversity in Higher Education
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With the emergence of mass higher education, many national governments have identified a diverse higher education system as a policy objective. Diversity is seen as good because it supposedly increases the range of choices for students, matches the education provided to the needs and abilities of individual students, enables and protects specialization within systems, and meets the demands of an increasingly complex social order. However, little is known about the i… More >>
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