The British Academics

In 1963, the Committee on Higher Education, chaired by Lord Robbins published their report on the state of higher education in the U.K. with attendant recommendations--chiefly the expansion of same. Initially, this volume looks at the evolution of the institutional setting of university teaching and research, secondarily examines the elements in the academic role, and finally uses survey data to analyze the collective self-conception of British academics. The focus of this analysis is said academics attitudes and perceptions of the function of the university, and their roles in the university. The authors are sociologists (Halsey is British, Trow is American), and the data presented in this volume provide a basis for future study into the sociology of education.