Published 1994 by Prometheus Books

Higher Education in American Society: Third Edition. Copyright © 1994 by Philip G.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Higher education in American society / edited by Philip G. Altbach, Robert O. Berdahl
, and Patricia J. Gumport -- 3rd rev. ed.
p. cm. -- (Frontiers of education)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87975-905-4 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
1. Education, Higher -- United States. 2. Educational sociology -- United
States. I. Altbach, Philip G. II. Berdahl, Robert Oliver. III. Gumport, Patricia J.
IV. Series.

LA228.H5 1994

378.73 -- dc20

94-26224

CIP

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

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