The university revolution : outline of a processual theory of modern higher education /
Lybeck, Eric Royal,
The university revolution : outline of a processual theory of modern higher education / Eric Lybeck. - 1 online resource. - Classical and contemporary social theory .
"Few institutions in modern society are as significant as universities; and yet our historical and sociological understanding of the role of higher education has not been substantially updated for decades. Revisiting the emergence and transformation of higher education since 1800 using a novel processual approach, this book recognises these developments as having been as central as the industrial and democratic revolutions in constituting the modern world. This new interpretation of the role of universities in contemporary society promises to re-orient our understanding of the importance of higher education in the past and future development of modern societies. It will therefore appeal to scholars of social science and history with interests in social history and social change, education, the professions and inequalities"--
9781351017558 1351017551 9781351017541 1351017543 9781351017527 1351017527 9781351017534 1351017535
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges--History.
Educational change.
Social Science.
Social Science / Sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
LB2322.2
378
The university revolution : outline of a processual theory of modern higher education / Eric Lybeck. - 1 online resource. - Classical and contemporary social theory .
"Few institutions in modern society are as significant as universities; and yet our historical and sociological understanding of the role of higher education has not been substantially updated for decades. Revisiting the emergence and transformation of higher education since 1800 using a novel processual approach, this book recognises these developments as having been as central as the industrial and democratic revolutions in constituting the modern world. This new interpretation of the role of universities in contemporary society promises to re-orient our understanding of the importance of higher education in the past and future development of modern societies. It will therefore appeal to scholars of social science and history with interests in social history and social change, education, the professions and inequalities"--
9781351017558 1351017551 9781351017541 1351017543 9781351017527 1351017527 9781351017534 1351017535
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges--History.
Educational change.
Social Science.
Social Science / Sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
LB2322.2
378