The Meanings of Mass Higher Education

Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-335-23274-1
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

This book is the first systematic attempt to analyse the growth of mass higher education in a specifically British context, while seeking to develop more theoretical perspectives on this transformation of elite university systems into open post-secondary education systems. It is divided into three main sections. The first examines the evolution of British higher education and the development of universities and other institutions. The second explores the political, social and economic context within which mass systems are developing. What are the links between post-industrial society, a post-Fordist economy and the mass university? The third section discusses the links between massification and wider currents in intellectual and scientific culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scott, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Structure and institutions
State and society
Science and culture
Understanding mass higher education
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

The Author

Peter Scott is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Policy Studies in Education, University of Leeds. He was Editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement 1976-1992, and previously a leader writer on The Times. He was originally a historian; and educated at Oxford University (Merton College) and the University of California at Berkeley (Graduate School of Public Policy). He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Bath and the CNAA; is Honorary Fellow of UMIST, Fellow of the SRHE and Member of the Academia Europaea.