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The University and the Global Knowledge Society (Paperback)
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The University and the Global Knowledge Society (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
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How the university went global and became the heart of the
information age The university is experiencing an unprecedented
level of success today, as more universities in more countries
educate more students in more fields. At the same time, the
university has become central to a knowledge society based on the
belief that everyone can, through higher education, access
universal truths and apply them in the name of progress. This book
traces the university's rise over the past hundred years to become
the cultural linchpin of contemporary society, revealing how the
so-called ivory tower has become profoundly interlinked with almost
every area of human endeavor. David John Frank and John Meyer
describe how, as the university expanded, student and faculty
bodies became larger, more diverse, and more empowered to turn
knowledge into action. Their contributions to society underscored
the public importance of scholarship, and as the cultural authority
of universities grew they increased the scope of their research and
teaching interests. As a result, the university has become the
bedrock of today's information-based society, an institution that
is now implicated in the solution to every conceivable problem.
But, as Frank and Meyer also show, the conditions that helped spur
the university's recent ascendance are not immutable: eruptions of
nationalism, authoritarianism, and illiberalism undercut the
university's universalistic and rationalistic premises, and may
threaten the centrality of the university itself.
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