Academia's Golden Age

Academia's Golden Age
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 545
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ISBN-10 : 9780195054644
ISBN-13 : 0195054644
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Book Synopsis Academia's Golden Age by : Richard M. Freeland

Download or read book Academia's Golden Age written by Richard M. Freeland and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the evolution of American universities during the years following World War II. Emphasizing the importance of change at the campus level, the book combines a general consideration of national trends with a close study of eight diverse universities in Massachusetts. Theeight are Harvard, M.I.T., Tufts, Brandeis, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern and the University of Massachusetts. Broad analytic chapters examine major developments like expansion, the rise of graduate education and research, the professionalization of the faculty, and the decline ofgeneral education. These chapters also review criticisms of academia that arose in the late 1960s and the fate of various reform proposals during the 1970s. Additional chapters focus on the eight campuses to illustrate the forces that drove different kinds of institutions--research universities,college-centered universities, urban private universities and public universities--in responding to the circumstances of the postwar years.


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