David Rogers uses competing sociological models of mass society to analyze the New York City school system, which he describes as a “sick bureaucracy.” The author discusses the divisive school decentralization crisis of the late 1960s and early 1970s as well as efforts by subsequent mayors to reform the system.

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9780975273838 | Published: 2006

"An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made.

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9780859898256 | Published: 2008

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9780859898249 | Published: 2008

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9780859898980 | Published: 2015

In this famous study, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s.

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9780971242753 | Published: 2003

This book is a study of all the known schools in the six counties of the West of England, from the Conquest to the Reformation. The account of each school covers (as far as possible) its origins, constitution, endowment and history up to the middle of the sixteenth century.

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9780859897075 | Published: 2020

The essays in this book place Salisbury in the context of 19th-century Orientalism, with emphasis on the interconnected growth of Assyriology in Northern Europe and America. Salisbury is a founding figure in the development of ancient Near Eastern, Arabic, and Sanskrit studies, and in the rise of the American liberal arts university. 3 col and 4 b&w illus.

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9780692824276 | Published: 2017

Tracing the development of the University of Exeter over the six decades since it was granted its royal charter. Includes interviews with leading university figures, contributions from former students, and a postscript looking to the future, it charts the changing place of a university in the world of higher education.

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9780859894432 | Published: 2018

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9781905816064 | Published: 2018

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9781905816071 | Published: 2018

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9781905816088 | Published: 2018

This book will be useful to those in the West and in the Middle East with an interest in the contemporary state of the higher educational system in the region and in education in general. It concentrates on the Gulf, but the problems of control, development, curriculum and purpose in higher education are found throughout the Middle East.

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9780859895156 | Published: 1998

This volume focuses on the nature of schooling and its links with the family, occupations, and politics. Robert Dreeben emphasizes the relationship between school structure and learning outcomes, the importance of these outcomes to other social institutions, and the contrasts between school structure and other socializing agencies.

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9780971958708 | Published: 2002

This volume traces the roots and growth of school worship and spiritual development from Victorian times and earlier through the 1960s and beyond in order to see how we have reached the present situation.

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9780859896016 | Published: 2000

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9780859896009 | Published: 2000

Robert Dreeben is one of the most influential sociologists of education of the past half-century. In this volume inspired by Dreeben’s work and career, chapters written by Dreeben’s colleagues, students, and even one of his mentors present the latest academic research on schools and schooling and examine recent and ongoing school reform policies.

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9780971958784 | Published: 2003