A History of the University in Europe: Volume 4, Universities since 1945

Traces the epoch-making reconstruction and expansion of higher education in Europe since 1945.

Walter Rüegg (Edited by)

9780521361088, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 December 2010

660 pages, 1 b/w illus. 25 tables
23.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm, 1.17 kg

This is the final volume in a four-part series covering the development of the university in Europe (east and west) from its origins to the present day, focusing on a number of major themes viewed from a European perspective. The originality of the series lies in its comparative, interdisciplinary, collaborative and transnational nature. It deals also with the content of what was taught at the universities, but its main purpose is an appreciation of the role and structures of the universities as seen against a backdrop of changing conditions, ideas and values. This volume deals with the reconstruction and epoch-making expansion of higher education after 1945, which led to the triumph of modern science. It traces the development of the relationship between universities and national states, teachers and students, their ambitions and political activities. Special attention is paid to fundamental changes in the content of teaching at the universities.

Foreword Walter Rüegg
Part I. Themes and Patterns: 1. Themes Walter Rüegg
2. Patterns Guy Neave
Part II. Structures: 3. Relations with authority Walter Rüegg and Jan Sadlack
4. Management and resources Geoffrey Lockwood
5. Teachers Thomas Finkenstaedt
Part III. Students: 6. Admission A. H. Halsey
7. Curriculum, students, education Sheldon Rothblatt
8. Student movements and political activism Louis Vos
9. Graduation and careers Ulrich Teichler
Part IV. Learning: 10. Social sciences, history and law Notker Hammerstein and Dirk Heirbaut
11. The mathematical, exact sciences John Ziman
12. The biological sciences Herbert Macgregor
13. Earth sciences Gordon Craig and S. K. Monro
14. Medicine John Ellis
15. Technology Christopher Watson
Epilogue: prospects for the universities: a personal view Andris Barblan
Appendix: universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 Walter Rüegg.

Subject Areas: Educational: History [YQH], Social & cultural history [HBTB], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], European history [HBJD]