1st Edition
The Academic Man A Study in the Sociology of a Profession
By Logan Wilson
Copyright 1995
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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When it was originally published, The Academic Man was the first full-scale social science-based study on the American academic profession. The issues identified by Logan Wilson in 1942 remain central to any consideration of the American professoriate. Wilson demonstrates the usefulness of a historical perspective in understanding the present, as well as the considerable continuity in higher... Read more
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITIONPREFACEI. INTRODUCTIONPART ONE: THE ACADEMIC HIERARCHY II. PROFESSIONAL RECRUIT III. STUDENT AND APPRENTICE IV. STAFF MEMBER V. PROFESSOR ADMINISTRANTPART TWO: ACADEMIC STATUS VI. STATUS APPRAISAL VII. PROFESSIONAL STATUS VIII. SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSPART THREE: ACADEMIC PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS IX. PRESTIGE AND COMPETITION X. PRESTIGE AND THE TEACHING FUNCTION XI. PRESTIGE AND THE RESEARCH FUNCTION PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS XII. CONCLUSIONS APPENDICES INDEX
Biography
Logan Wilson
