Academic Knowledge from Elite Closure to Professional Service | The Rise of High-growth Fields in American Higher Education

Mazen Hashem

ISBN 10: 3846549002 / ISBN 13: 9783846549001

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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Academic Knowledge from Elite Closure to Professional Service | The Rise of High-growth Fields in American Higher Education | Mazen Hashem | Taschenbuch | 372 S. | Englisch | 2011 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783846549001 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Academic Knowledge from Elite Closure to Professional Service | The Rise of High-growth Fields in American Higher Education
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3846549002
• ISBN 13: 9783846549001
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 23D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 572 grams
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Synopsis

The American higher education system today carries a scant resemblance to its roots, the early colonial colleges. One major change is the increasing emphasis on applied knowledge. Adopting an institutional perspective on organizational change, this work analyzes the dynamic of ascendance of the “practical-arts” in American academia. Using data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, this work identified eight high-growth fields in the American undergraduate system since 1950. It traced the innovative institutions, those that first offered new fields that proved to be of high growth, and analyzed their institutional characteristics in terms of size, type of control, and academic complexity. Findings show that innovative universities were not elite; they were large institutions, typically public and not private ones. The role of the federal government in the rise of the new fields was crucial.

About the Author

Dr. Mazen Hashem has obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. His research tries to develop theoretical models in the areas of social movements, ethnic and minority relations, and institutional analysis.