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The Creation of a University System
Michael Shattock (Edited by), M Shattock (Author)
9780631203001, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 16 January 1997
278 pages
21.6 x 13.7 x 2 cm, 0.354 kg
"Provides useful background information which will help fuel vigorous, well-informed and open-minded debate on the future of higher education into the 21st century" New Scientist
This volume brings together a selection of articles published over the fifty year life of the Universities/Higher Education Quarterly which provides a critical overview of the development of university and non-university higher education over the post-War period and of the policy debates which occurred at various points.
Preface. The Creation of the British University System: Michael Shattock (University of Warwick). Part I: There is no University 'System' in Britain: . 1. The Universities and the Government: Ernest Simon. 2. A Historical Document: Statement by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals 1946: Editorial. 3. Student Numbers 1911 to 1971: Ernest Simon. 4. University Admissions: Report of an Inquiry: R. K. Kelsall. 5. British Universities and Intellectual Life: A. H. Halsey. 6. The Growth of Higher Education: S. Zuckerman. 7. Too Few Academic Eggs: B. V. Bowden. 8. Observations on the American University: Edward Shils. Part II: Robbins and After: . 9. First Reactions to the Robbins Report: Charles Morris. 10. The Academic Hierarchy: Robbins, Appendix Three: A. H. Halsey. 11. A Question of Size and Shape: Martin Trow. 12. Review of the Uses of the University : Charles Morris. 13. Notes on New Univerisities: British and American: David Riesman. 14. Dualism in Higher Education: Peter Venables. 15. The Education of Ministers of State: Alec Merrison. Part III: The Assertion of State Control: . 16. University Financing 1979-86: Peter Moore. 17. Academic Standards and Mass Higher Education: Martin Trow. 18. Policy on Higher Education and Research: Peter Swinnerton-Dyer. 19. Elegant and Democratic Values: Will the New English Universities Gel: Christopher Price. 20. Reflections on the British Government and Higher Education: Richard Bird. 21. The White Paper - Higher Education: A New Framework: Editorial.
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
