Bøker av Burton R. Clark

At once a monumental achievement and testament to an extraordinary career, On Higher Education is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of higher education.

The factors contributing to the greatness of a first-rank liberal arts college are difficult to analyze

The factors contributing to the greatness of a first-rank liberal arts college are difficult to analyze

This text explores one of the major issues in university education today: the relationship between research, teaching and study. It offers a comparative analysis of five countries' university systems and draws provocative conclusions about the future of the research-teaching-study nexus.

How can we compare national systems of higher education, since their organization varies from country to country? This title identifies the basic elements common to all such systems, and includes thematic comparisons among a number of countries.