The Higher Learning in America
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The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
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| The Higher Learning in America canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociology book ⓘ work of social criticism ⓘ |
| author | Thorstein Veblen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
administrative bureaucracy in universities
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business control of higher education ⓘ commercialization of universities ⓘ conspicuous consumption in academic institutions ⓘ emphasis on prestige and status in universities ⓘ fundraising-driven governance ⓘ intercollegiate athletics as a business ⓘ trustee dominance over academic decisions ⓘ |
| genre |
educational criticism
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social critique ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical sociology of education
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institutional economics ⓘ |
| hasReputation | influential critique of U.S. universities ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century American higher education ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical university studies
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later critiques of academic capitalism ⓘ sociology of higher education ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
policy makers in higher education
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scholars of education ⓘ social scientists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
academic culture
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academic institutions ⓘ business influence on education ⓘ higher education in the United States ⓘ institutional economics of education ⓘ status-seeking in academia ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of business principles in universities
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application of Veblen’s theory of conspicuous consumption to education ⓘ concept of the "captain of erudition" ⓘ early critique of the corporate university ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
The Theory of Business Enterprise
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The Theory of the Leisure Class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of essays ⓘ |
| topic |
competition among universities for prestige
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impact of business values on academic standards ⓘ organization of research and teaching ⓘ professionalization of scholarship ⓘ relation between scholarship and administration ⓘ role of trustees and donors ⓘ |
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