Dynamics of the Contemporary University: Growth, Accretion, and Conflict Volume 3

by Neil J. Smelser

This book is an expanded version of the Clark Kerr Lectures of 2012, delivered by Neil Smelser at the University of California at Berkeley in January and February of that year. The initial exposition is of a theory of change--labeled structural accretion--that has characterized the history of American higher education, mainly (but not exclusively) of universities. The essence of the theory is that institutions of higher education progressively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520275810
• ISBN13: 9780520275812
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"