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Twentieth-century Higher Education
Trow, Martin. Ed(S): Burrage, Michael
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Description for Twentieth-century Higher Education
Those seriously interested in the emergence of mass higher education, and the debates surrounding it, will appreciate finding many of Trow's groundbreaking works-including three articles never before published-in a single volume. Editor(s): Burrage, Michael. Num Pages: 640 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 976.
Distinguished by their sharp insights, eloquence, even humor, the writings of Martin Trow on the development of higher education have helped define the field. Collected here are his most influential essays, tracing the arc and evolution of his prolific scholarly career over more than four decades. Trow is well known for his pioneering work on the transition from elite to mass to universal higher education, and scholars worldwide continue to use his conceptual framework for analyzing and comparing institutions. As both a sociologist and a public policy analyst, Trow hoped his analyses of higher education would help influence public ... Read more
Distinguished by their sharp insights, eloquence, even humor, the writings of Martin Trow on the development of higher education have helped define the field. Collected here are his most influential essays, tracing the arc and evolution of his prolific scholarly career over more than four decades. Trow is well known for his pioneering work on the transition from elite to mass to universal higher education, and scholars worldwide continue to use his conceptual framework for analyzing and comparing institutions. As both a sociologist and a public policy analyst, Trow hoped his analyses of higher education would help influence public ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894411
SKU
V9780801894411
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About Trow, Martin. Ed(S): Burrage, Michael
Martin Trow (1926-2007) was one of higher education's most influential and prolific writers. Much of his distinguished career was spent at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education. His many publications on political sociology and comparative education include The British ... Read more
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Highly instructive.
Darko Strajn International Review of Education
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