Policy and the polytechnics : pluralistic drift in higher education / [by] Lex Donaldson.
By: Donaldson, Lex.
Material type: BookSeries: Saxon house studies.Publisher: Farnborough : Lexington, Mass. : Saxon House ; Lexington Books, 1975Description: viii, 216 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0347011004.Subject(s): Technical education -- Great BritainDDC classification: 301.56Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 301.56 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042410 |
Bibliography: (pages 203-210) and index.
Introduction -- Policy as theory -- The social origins of students -- Perceptions of the binary system -- The pragmatic proletariat - the belief in a working class world view -- Careers of polytechnic graduates -- The view from industry -- Pluralistic drift and the strategy of policy implementation -- From polemics to prescriptions - the unfolding debate -- Summary and conclusions.