Includes bibliographical references and index.

The second transformation of American secondary education / introduced by Oliver Fulton -- Problems in the transition from elite to mass higher education / introduced by Ulrich Teichler -- Elite higher education : an endangered species? / introduced by John Aubrey Douglass -- Federalism in American higher education / introduced by Guy Neave -- Class, race, and higher education in America / introduced by Nathan Glazer -- Academic standards and mass higher education / introduced by Gareth Parry -- Managerialism and the academic profession : the case of England / introduced by A.H. Halsey -- The campus as a context for learning : notes on education and architecture / introduced by Sim van der Ryn -- The American academic department as a context for learning / introduced by Michael Burrage -- Guests without hosts : notes on the Institute for Advanced Study / introduced by Neil J. Smelser -- New directions for the center for studies in higher education : the 1997-78 annual report / introduced by Roger L. Geiger -- Leadership and organization : the case of biology at Berkeley / introduced by Grant Harman -- Comparative reflections on leadership in higher education / introduced by David Pierpont Gardner -- Governance in the University of California : the transformation of politics into administration / introduced by Jack Schuster -- California after racial preferences / introduced by Jerry Lubenow -- From mass higher education to universal access : the American advantage / introduced by Gary W. Matkin -- Reflections on the transition from elite to mass to universal access : forms and phases of higher education in modern societies since World War II / introduced by John Brennan.