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Download full textAxelrod, Paul – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1990
The relationship between the history of the student and contemporary student life is explored, and enduring patterns are identified in three areas: the social origins of students; student culture and activism; and the perceived academic quality of students. It is concluded that students should be heard and taken more seriously. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Activism, College Environment, Educational History
Pike, Robert M. – 1981
English language sociological research on higher education in Canada from 1970-1980 is reviewed. Functionalists have tended to concentrate upon the task of describing the perceived functions of the educational system in the society and have usually considered major educational change as occurring in response to the requirements of the polity and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Environment, College Faculty, College Students
