The University and the Global Knowledge Society /

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"This book examines the core changes in the nature, status, and significance of the university over the last century. Having grown in numbers, reach, and scope, the university has seen sweeping expansion and has become central in a contemporary global society built on liberal and neoliberal ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frank, David John (Author), Meyer, John W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Social aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
Education and globalization.
EDUCATION / Higher
sociology of knowledge.
Universites > Aspect social.
Enseignement superieur > Aspect social.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
Éducation et mondialisation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The university as a world institution
  • The worldwide instantiation of the university
  • Worldwide expansion : the university population in world society and university organizations
  • Worldwide expansion : the societal culture of university knowledge
  • The human actor and the expansion of academic knowledge
  • The expanded university and the knowledge society : linkages and boundaries
  • Reflections on the global knowledge society.

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