Meyer The Design of the University

American, German and Global Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-62328-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Higher Education

The American university is a genuine institutional design innovation, the first to harness the power of markets, government and scholarly love for distinction without being controlled by any of them. The major tenets of the American research university – teaching and research, doctoral education, the allure of a ‘national university’ – helped it supersede international competitors, particularly Germany, as the leading powerhouse of science and scholarship. Much of this design was borrowed from or inspired by the German example; by closely tracking the similarities and differences of American higher education and its German model, this volume identifies the practices and choices that produced the gold standard for today’s world class higher education.

Following the rise and fall of the German university model, this volume provides a counterpoint to market-based explanations for America’s academic and scientific global leadership, and its implications for higher education reform in today’s knowledge society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, Heinz Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The "World Class" Discourse and the Crisis of Higher Education Governance 1. Actors, Institutions, and the Problem of Design 2. Rival Discourses of Design 3. The Emergence of a New Institution: The American Graduate School 4. Purity or Utility? The Business School in the University 5. Reeducation and the Path to Higher Education: High School or Gymnasium? 6. The Improbable Design Realized 7. The Quest for World Class

Über Autor(innen)

Heinz-Dieter Meyer is Associate Professor of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at SUNY Albany, NY, USA.