| Description |
xx, 489 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"A volume of essays sponsored by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
1. Constellations in a nebulous galaxy / by Verne A. Stadtman -- 2. A network of Antiochs / by Gerald Grant -- 3. Berkeley in crisis and change / by Neil J. Smelser -- 4. City College / by Nathan Glazer -- 5. Federal City College: how black? / by Irene Tinker -- 6. After the bust: student politics at Harvard, 1969-1972 / by Marshall Meyer -- 7. Change despite turmoil at MIT / by Benson Snyder -- 8. Michigan muddles through: luck, nimbleness, and resilience in crisis / by Zelda F. Gamson -- 9. Old Westbury I and old Westbury II / by John A. Dunn, Jr. -- 10. A profile of the University of Pennsylvania / by David R. Goddard and Linda C. Koons -- 11. Princeton in crisis and change / by Paul Sigmund -- 12. Rutgers, the state university / by Richard P. McCormick -- 13. San Francisco State College: a tale of mismanagement and disruption / by Algo D. Henderson -- 14. Stanford's search for solutions / by John Walsh -- 15. Swarthmore knocks on wood / by Paul Mangelsdorf, Jr. -- 16. Academic change and crisis -Canadian style / by Jill Conway -- 17. Wesleyan story: the importance of moral capital / by Burton R. Clark -- 18. The champagne university in a beer state: note on Wisconsin's crisis / by Philip G. Altbach -- 19. Commentary and epilogue / by David Riesman. |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- United States.
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Universities and colleges. |
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United States. |
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Education, Higher -- United States.
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Education, Higher. |
| Added Author |
Riesman, David, 1909-2002.
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Stadtman, Verne A.
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Altbach, Philip G.
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Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.
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| ISBN |
0070100497 |
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