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An examination of the rapid expansion of higher education in the US in the 19th and 20th centuries, along with the development of credentialism in occupational recruitment.
| ISBN | 0807734527 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780807734520
(What's this?) | | Pages | 240 | | Publisher | Teachers' College Press | | Volumes | 001 | | Imprint | Teachers' College Press | | Weight (grammes) | 490 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | New York | | Publication date | 30 Dec 1995 | | Height (mm) | 236 | | Writer of foreword | David F. Labaree | | Width (mm) | 157 | | Library of Congress | LB2390.B76 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY | 378.240973 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Foreword by David F. Labaree | | | | | | Preface | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | 2 | | The Historical Sociology of Credentialism: A Critical Appraisal | | 23 | | 3 | | A Theory of Educational Credentialism | | 48 | | 4 | | Political, Cultural, and Economic Origins of Extensive College Founding | | 73 | | 5 | | The Formation of a College-Dominated Educational System, 1880-1930 | | 104 | | 6 | | Labor Market Transformations and College Accommodations | | 134 | | 7 | | Conclusion: Conceptualizing Twentieth-Century Trajectories | | 163 | | | | Notes | | 175 | | | | Bibliography | | 191 | | | | Index | | 213 | | | | About the Author | | 220 |
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