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Academia's Golden Age : Universities in Massachusetts, 1945-1970.

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 Ha...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freeland, Richard M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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505 0 |a Introduction; PART ONE: CONTEXTS; 1. Academic Development and Social Change: Higher Education in Massachusetts before 1945; Prologue: Three Centuries of College Building, 1636-1929; Historical Dynamics of Academic Change; The Long Pause, 1929-1945: University Development in Depression and War; 2. The World Transformed: A Golden Age for American Universities, 1945-1970; Academic Ideas and Developmental Opportunities in the Postwar Years; The Three Revolutions: Enrollments, Finances, and Faculty; Disarray and Reassessment: A Second Debate on Academic Values; PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS. 
505 8 |a 3. Emergence of the Modern Research University: Harvard and M.I.T., 1945-1970From Depression to Prosperity: The Early Postwar Years; Consolidating the New Focus: Research and Graduate Education; The Economics of Academic Progress; Undergraduate Education in the Research University; Organizational Dimensions of Academic Change; The Old Order Changes; 4. Evolution of the College-centered University: Tufts and Brandeis, 1945-1970; The Postwar Years at Tufts; The Founding of Brandeis; Institutional Mobility in the Early Golden Age; The 1960s at Tufts; The 1960s at Brandeis. 
505 8 |a Organization, Leadership, and Institutional ChangeDilemmas of the College-centered University; 5. Transformation of the Urban University: Boston University, Boston College, and Northeastern, 1945-1972; Postwar Boom: Veterans, Growth, and Capital Accumulation; Shifting Emphasis in the 1950s; The ' 'Bonanza Years'' at Boston College; The ""Blooming"" at Northeastern; The 1960s at Boston University; Institutional Mobility and Organizational Form; The Irony of the Urban University; The Good Times End; 6. From State College to University System: The University of Massachusetts, 1945-1973. 
505 8 |a The Early Postwar YearsUMass in the 1950s; UMass in the 1960s; Academic Organization and Political Systems; From Rapid Growth to Steady State; PART THREE: PATTERNS; 7. The Institutional Complex and Academic Adaptation, 1945-1980; The Institutional Complex in Action: 1945-1970; Adaptations of the 1970s; The Institutional Complex and the Reform Agenda; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
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