TY - BOOK AU - Frank,David John AU - Meyer,John W. TI - The University and the Global Knowledge Society T2 - Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology SN - 9780691202051 AV - LC191.9 .F69 2020 U1 - 378.009 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Education and globalization KW - Education, Higher KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Educational sociology KW - Knowledge, Sociology of KW - Universities and colleges KW - EDUCATION / Higher KW - bisacsh KW - Chronicle of Higher Education KW - college KW - contemporary university KW - economic role of university KW - education policy KW - global university KW - globalization of the university KW - globalization KW - higher education policy KW - history of higher education KW - information economy KW - knowledge economy KW - neo-institutionalism KW - neo-institutionalist KW - political role of university KW - postwar university KW - rise of the university KW - social role of university KW - sociology of education KW - threats to the university KW - understanding the university N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; 1. The University as a World Institution --; 2. The Worldwide Instantiation of the University --; 3. The University Population in World Society and University Organizations --; 4. The Societal Culture of --; 5. The Human Actor and the Expansion of Academic Knowledge --; 6. The Expanded University and the Knowledge Society --; 7. Reflections on the Global Knowledge Society --; NOTES --; REFERENCES --; INDEX; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - How the university went global and became the heart of the information ageThe 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691202075?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691202075 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691202075.jpg ER -