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The University
Andrew J. Perrin
October 21, 2014
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Sociology of Higher Education
1 Origins of UNC
2 Types of Colleges and Universities
3 Social functions of Higher Education
4 History of US Higher Education
5 Recent Trends
6 The Multiversity
7 Focus on Recent Research
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The University of North Carolina
Section 1. Education encouraged. Religion, morality, and knowledgebeing necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind,
schools, libraries, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.Sec. 9. Benefits of public institutions of higher education. TheGeneral Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of
North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far aspracticable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense.
Constitution of North Carolina, Article IXhttp://www.ncleg.net/Legislation/constitution/article9.html
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The University of North Carolina
“it is the indispensable duty of every Legislature to consult the happinessof a rising generation, and endeavor to fit them for an honorable discharge
of the social duties of life, by paying the strictest attention to theireducation: And whereas an university supported by permanent funds, andwell endowed, would have the most direct tendency to answer the above
purpose”
Act Establishing UNC, 1789http://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/unc01-08/unc01-08.html
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Types of Colleges and Universities
Private Elite University
Public Flagship
Private Elite College
Public R1/R2
Public/Private Mid-Tier
Public/Private Low-Tier
For-Profit
Community College
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Social Functions of Higher Education
The Educated Person
Effective Citizens
Economically Flexible Workers
Well-Trained Workers
Reproduce Elites?
Equalize Opportunity?
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Land Grant
Morrill Act, 1862
Federal land given to states to establish universities
Enormous expansion of universities
NCSU, Rutgers, MIT, Cornell, many more
Real beginning of modern public higher education
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GI Bill
Soldiers returning from WWII
Funds to attend college, university, or other higher ed
Combines with postwar prosperity
⇒ major growth in undergraduate populations
Cold War: NSF, Science funding
In combination with prior growth, gives birth to modern highereducation
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1970s
% of 18-24 year olds enrolled in degree-granting institutions, 1967–2012
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Public Support for Higher Education
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Public Support for Higher Education
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Public Support for Higher Education
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Discovering New KnowledgeUNC College of Arts and Sciences, May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014
Articles (refereed) published: 2,054
Books published: 111
Book chapters published: 380
Commercial recordings: 26
Poems published: 47
Translations: 25
Other publications: 613
Exhibitions: 227
Performances: 770
Readings: 233
Other creative activities: 633
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Research at Carolina1997–2014
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The Multiversity
Clark Kerr, Chancellor of UC Berkeley
Multiple distinct missions and goals that feed one another:
ResearchUndergraduate EducationGraduate EducationProfessional EducationPublic Service(Athletics? Entertainment? Arts?)
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Opportunity, Quality, Accountability
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Recent Sociological Research on Higher Education
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Why Are Professors Liberal and why do ConservativesCare?Neil Gross
Professors are substantially more liberal than the population
College graduates are substantially more liberal than the population
Why?
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Paying for the PartyElizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton
Lived on a dorm hall of first-year college women
Pathways through college:
WannabePre-professionalParty
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Academically AdriftRichard Arum and Josipa Roksa
Critical thinking learning in 1st 2 years of college
Who learns, who doesn’t?
New book last month: Aspiring Adults Adrift
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