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Maher, Frances A.; Tetreault, Mary Kay Thompson – Gender and Education, 2011
The article presents a theoretical framework, "institutional phase theory", that charts the process by which higher education faculties in the USA were broadened by race, gender, and to a certain extent class over the past 40 years. Drawing upon institutional ethnographies of three very different universities--a top-ranked private…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Private Colleges, College Faculty, Higher Education
Reid, Irvin D. – Presidency, 2008
This article features Wayne State University, a large urban research university in Detroit. The author believes that Wayne state has the potential as a regional center of expertise to do great things for Detroit and the surrounding counties--from strengthening K-12 education to promoting the economic development that Michigan so badly needed. As…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Urban Universities, Research Universities, Higher Education