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The Century of Science The Global Triumph of the Research University Edited by Justin J. W. Powell, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg David P. Baker, Pennsylvania State University, USA Frank Fernandez, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Format: Hardback | Pagination: 312pp | ISBN: 9781787144705 Price: ÂŁ72.95 ?97.95 US$124.95 Publication date: September 2017 Classification: Education
Synopsis Winner of the 2017 Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education (CIHE/ ASHE) Winner of the 2018 American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence: Education Theory In The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine the global rise of scholarly research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health (STEM+ ) fields. Built on bibliometric analyses of unprecedented scope, this insightful text provides historical and sociological understandings of the ways that higher education has become an institution that, more than ever before, shapes science and society. About the authors David P. Baker is Professor of Sociology, Education, and Demography at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He writes about the effects of education on cognition, health, and society. His 2014 book, The Schooled Society won the American Educational Research Association?s 2015 Outstanding Book Award. Justin J.W. Powell is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Luxembourg. His co-authored book Comparing Special Education received the 2012 Outstanding Book Award (Contemporary Issues in Curriculum category), of the American Educational Research Association. Frank Fernandez is Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, USA. He researches educational policy issues, including topics related to comparative or international studies of education and skills, access and equity for underserved students, as well as doctoral education and the future of the Professoriate.
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