The Meanings of Mass Higher Education (Society for Research into Higher Education)

This text attempts to analyze the growth of mass higher education in a specifically British context, while seeking to develop more theoretical perspectives on this transformation of elite university systems into open post-secondary education systems. It is divided into three main sections. The first examines the evolution of British higher education and the development of universities and other institutions. The second explores the political, social and economic context within which mass systems are developing. What, the author asks, are the links between post-industrial society, a post-Fordist economy and the mass university? The third section discusses the links between massification and wider currents in intellectual and scientific culture. This book is the first systematic attempt to analyse the growth of mass higher education in a specifically British context, while seeking to develop more theoretical perspectives on this transformation of elite university systems into open post-secondary education systems. It is divided into three main sections. The first examines the evolution of British higher education and the development of universities and other institutions. The second explores the political, social and economic context within which mass systems are developing. What are the links between post-industrial society, a post-Fordist economy and the mass university? The third section discusses the links between massification and wider currents in intellectual and scientific culture. Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure And Institutions -- Systems And Structures -- Institutions -- 3. State And Society -- The Post-welfare State -- Control And Funding -- Post-industrialism To Post-fordism -- Inputs And Outputs -- Theorizing Modernity -- 4. Science And Culture -- Five Moments Of Affinity -- Intellectual Culture -- Science And Technology -- Teaching And Research -- 5. Understanding Mass Higher Education -- The Higher Education System -- The Political System -- Socio-economic Change -- Academic Affinities -- Reflexivity And Open Intellectual Systems -- Notes -- Index -- The Society For Research Into Higher Education. Peter Scott. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [180]-189) And Index.