The schooled society : the educational transformation of global culture / David P. Baker

Author:: Baker, David, 1952 January 5-
Published:: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Physical Description:: xv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Introduction : a quiet revolution -- From education revolution to the schooled society -- Constructing culture : academic intelligence, social status, and human rights -- The incredible longevity of the Western university -- Mass education and the super research university -- Constructing reality : ice cream, women's studies, and the MBA -- The educational transformation of work -- Credentialing in the schooled society -- The transformation of knowledge and truth claims -- Failure, redemption, and the construction of the self -- An educated polity : the universal solvent and the political paradox -- An educated laity : the education-religion paradox -- Conclusion : the schooled society and beyond : ubiquitous, formidable, and noisy.

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9780804787369 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804787360 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804790475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804790477 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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AUTH: PENN STATE. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCE OF MASS (ESP. HIGHER) EDUC. ON CULTURE AT LARGE.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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