The Great Transformation in Higher Education, 1960-1980 (SUNY Series, Frontiers in Education) (Frontiers in Education Series)

Clark Kerr, former President of the University of California and a leader in higher education policymaking, offers his views of the turbulent decades when colleges and universities scrambled to provide faculty and facilities for the burgeoning student population, only to be faced later with economic depression and subsequent conservatism. From his unique vantage point, Kerr offers insights into the role of higher education—its performance under pressure, its changing climate, its efforts to serve the multiplicity of demands made upon it, and its success or failure in meeting those demands.Clark Kerr is President Emeritus of the University of California and former Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of Economics and Industrial Relations at Berkeley. He chaired and directed the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education as well as the National Commission on Strengthening Presidential Leadership under the auspices of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Dr. Kerr, author of The Uses of the University, currently co-chairs a Task Force on State Policy and Independent Higher Education for the Education Commission of the States. This monograph collects 28 essays that were originally published between 1960 and 1980, a period viewed as the third major period in the history of U.S. higher education with politicalization of the campus, a great wave of attempted academic reform (and attendant disappointments), and great public efforts to achieve equality of opportunity. Some of the essays included are: "The American Strategy among Several Alternatives--Five Strategies for Education, and Their Major Variants"; "Structure--The American Mixture of Higher Education in Perspective: Four Dimensions"; "Performance--Goals for and Effectiveness of Systems of Higher Education"; "Ex Ante--The Frantic Race to Remain Contemporary"; "A Possible Residue: The Intellectual versus Society: A Source of Conflict? (vignette)""Changing Loci of Power--Governance and Functions"; "Changing Administrative Styles--Administration in an Era of Change and Conflict"; "Rebuilding Communities of Scholars--Toward the More Perfect University"; "An Urban versus a Rural Society--The Urban-Grant University: A Model for the Future"; and "The Eternal Verities--Universities: Open to Truth and Merit." References accompany each essay. (DB) Chapter 1: The American System In Perspective -- Chapter 2: The Unfolding Of The Great Transformation: 1960-1980 -- Chapter 3: Governance And Leadership Under Pressure -- Chapter 4: Academic Innovation And Reform: Much Innovation, Little Reform. Clark Kerr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.