THE STRUGGLE FOR THE UNIVERSITY: MASS HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION.
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Title
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THE STRUGGLE FOR THE UNIVERSITY: MASS HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION.
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Identifier
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AAI8312351
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identifier
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8312351
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Creator
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HOLTZ, HARVEY STUART.
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Contributor
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Bogdan Denitch
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Date
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1983
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Sociology of
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Abstract
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Within the last forty years, American higher education has been transformed from an elite preparatory institution into a mass public institution. Most research about this period has either concentrated on the social class transformation of the students or the changing relationship of higher education to the production process. The research concerning the reproductive "functions" of higher education made three elements clear: Mass higher education suggests a form of mass production in the academy; higher education became a stratified system of reproduction; and students were not being adequately reproduced.;This study examined the implications of these three elements concerning the transformation of faculty labor and struggles within the last three decades. The present research suggests that: the effects of mass higher education on faculty bear some resemblance to the disenfranchisement of craft workers at the turn of this century; a stratified higher educational system creates a fairly clear division of labor for faculty, fractionalizing this stratum; and the imperfect reproduction of students (for the labor force) can be attributed, in part, to the particular development and struggle of faculty.;The study suggests that the transformation of faculty labor can not be understood without reference to the transformation of the capital accumulation process, class transformation and struggle beyond the campus, and the particular struggles of faculty within the academy. We found that the college curriculum was pressured to follow changes in the social class and occupational structure; the centralized control, management hierarchies, and the rationalization of production in other spheres of technical and professional occupations came to characterize the academy in the 1970's; and that the autonomy of faculty was textured by the economic climate.;The empirical program concentrated mainly upon the faculty at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, however, comparisons were made with the Community College of Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh. This historical study also briefly attempted to trace the development of the faculty from the college era to the present through historical documents and aggregated data.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Sociology
