Academic Knowledge from Elite Closure to Professional Service
Mazen Hashem
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Academic Knowledge from Elite Closure to Professional Service

The Rise of High-growth Fields in American Higher Education

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The American higher education system today carries a scant resemblance to its roots, the early colonial colleges. One major change is the increasing emphasis on applied knowledge. Adopting an institutional perspective on organizational change, this work analyzes the dynamic of ascendance of the practical-arts in American academia. Using data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, this work identified eight high-growth fields in the American undergraduate system since 1950. It traced the innovative institutions, those that first offered new fields that proved to be of high growth,...