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02996aam a22003614i 4500 001 EE0529186B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 121221s2013 cau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012039812 020 $a 0520275810 (hardback) 020 $a 9780520275812 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)818734552 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d CUZ $d BWX $d OCLCO $d CDX $d IUL $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LA227.4 S581 2013 100 10 $a Smelser, Neil J. 245 10 $a Dynamics of the contemporary university : $b growth, accretion, and conflict / $c Neil J. Smelser. 264 1 $a Berkely : $b University of California Press, $c [2013] 300 $a x, 139 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-131) and index. 505 0 $a 1. Dynamics of American Universities -- 2. The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- 3. Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions. 520 $a "This book is an expanded version of the Clark Kerr Lectures of 2012, delivered by Neil Smelser at the University of California at Berkeley in January and February of that year. The initial exposition is of a theory of change--labeled structural accretion--that has characterized the history of American higher education, mainly (but not exclusively) of universities. The essence of the theory is that institutions of higher education progressively add functions, structures, and constituencies as they grow, but seldom shed them, yielding increasingly complex structures. The first two lectures trace the multiple ramifications of this principle into other arenas, including the essence of complexity in the academic setting, the solidification of academic disciplines and departments, changes in faculty roles and the academic community, the growth of political constituencies, academic administration and governance, and academic stratification by prestige. In closing, Smelser analyzes a number of contemporary trends and problems that are superimposed on the already-complex structures of higher education, such as the diminishing public support without alterations of governance and accountability, the increasing pattern of commercialization in higher education, the growth of distance-learning and for-profit institutions, and the spectacular growth of temporary and part-time faculty"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Universities and colleges $z United States. 650 0 $a Universities and colleges $z United States $x Administration. 650 0 $a Educational change $z United States. 830 0 $a Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826071544.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EE0529186B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search