Full Description
George Weisz offers a comprehensive analysis of the French university system during the latter half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Examining the major reforms of higher education undertaken during the Third Republic, he argues that the original thrust for reform came from within the educational system, especially from an academic profession seeking to raise its occupational status. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. The French System of Higher Education, pg. 18*CHAPTER TWO. The Academic Community and University Reform, pg. 55*CHAPTER THREE. Higher Education and the Emergence of the Third Republic, pg. 90*CHAPTER FOUR. The Creation of the French Universities, pg. 134*CHAPTER FIVE. Education for the New Professions: Universities and Economic Development, pg. 162*CHAPTER SIX. Research and Publication in the French Universities, pg. 196*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Expansion of the University Population, pg. 225*CHAPTER EIGHT. The Political Role of the Universities, pg. 270*CHAPTER NINE. The Academic Profession in the Reformed Universities, pg. 315*CHAPTER TEN. The University Besieged, pg. 341*Conclusion, pg. 369*BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, pg. 377*SOURCE INDEX, pg. 383*SUBJECT INDEX, pg. 388
