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How scholars trumped teachers: change without reform in university curriculum, teaching, and research, 1890-1990

By Larry Cuban

Book information

Publisher
Teachers College Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0807738646, 9780807738641
Google Books ID
pfiGM6wiPrYC
Open Library ID
OL7947506M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1142512 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Examining a century of university history, Larry Cuban tackles the age-old question: What is more important, teaching or research? Using two departments (history and medicine) at Stanford University as a case study, Cuban shows how universities have organizationally and politically subordinated teaching to research for over one hundred years. He explains how university reforms, decade after decade, not only failed to dislodge the primacy of research but actually served to strengthen it. He examines the academic work of research and teaching to determine how each has influenced university structures and processes, including curricular reform. Can the dilemma of scholars vs. teachers ever be fully reconciled? This fascinating historical journey is a must read for all university administrators, faculty, researchers, and anyone concerned with educational reform.

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