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

Baker, David, 1952 January 5- author.
2014
306.43 B167s 2014
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Title
The schooled society : the educational transformation of global culture / David P. Baker.
Author
Baker, David, 1952 January 5- author.
ISBN
9780804787369 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804787360 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804790475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804790477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xv, 342 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
306.43 B167s 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)865536983
(OCoLC)865536983
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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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