L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964

Higher education in the United States went through a real revolution in the 1960s. In 1964, UC Berkeley, run by President Clark Kerr, and defined as a “multiversity” by its fierce opponents, was a case in point. Indeed, at that time, the American higher educational system was really called into ques...

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Main Author: Frédéric Robert
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Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2004-01-01
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description Higher education in the United States went through a real revolution in the 1960s. In 1964, UC Berkeley, run by President Clark Kerr, and defined as a “multiversity” by its fierce opponents, was a case in point. Indeed, at that time, the American higher educational system was really called into question by a growing number of students. What is Kerr’s own definition of the “multiversity”? To what extent was the “multiversity” or “knowledge industry” different from a traditional university? Was student protest therefore well-grounded? Can we not say that the “multiversity” actually gives a drastically new image of what American higher education is all about?
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L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964
Revue LISA
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knowledge factory
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title L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964
title_full L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964
title_fullStr L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964
title_full_unstemmed L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964
title_short L’Enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis : l’exemple de Clark Kerr et de l’université ou « multiversité » de Berkeley en 1964
title_sort l enseignement superieur aux etats unis l exemple de clark kerr et de l universite ou multiversite de berkeley en 1964
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