Clark Kerr
The Unapologetic Pragmatist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11204263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul H Mattingly (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 481-497 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-5532 • E-ISSN: 1527-8034 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0145553200010452 |
| OpenAlex | W1985269438 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This article examines the key events leading to the creation of the California higher education system and Clark Kerr’s influential concept the “multiversity.” The wide, uncritical reception of this term requires explanation, which the essay explores both in terms of Kerr’s 1963 book, The Uses of the University , and in terms of its impact even on historical scholarship about American higher education. The essay concludes by finding the multiversity a highly selective (not an inclusive) standard and a latter-day extension of a pragmatic ideology with a long history and many unacknowledged problems
Computer security · Epistemology · Extension (predicate logic · Ideology · Key (lock · Physics · Political science · Politics · Quantum mechanics · Scholarship · Sociology · Term (time · Academic Freedom and Politics · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Philosophy
Research and Relevant Knowledge
The physicists
The intellectual migration
The Emergence of the American University
Clark Kerr and the pursuit of excellence in the Modern University
William Friday
The Uncertain Triumph
Research and Relevant Knowledge
William Friday
In the Wake of Laurence Veysey
The Great Transformation in Higher Education, 1960-1980
Bureaucratic Tyranny
A “Dying Light” or a Newborn Enlightenment
The More Things Change
Killing the Spirit
The Great American University
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |