Who are the early adopters of new academic fields? Comparing four perspectives on the institutionalization of degree granting programs in US four-year colleges and Universities, 1970-2005

Higher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 563-585

  Brint, Steven ^a   Proctor, Kristopher ^a   Hanneman, Robert A ^a   Mulligan, Kerry ^a   Rotondi, Matthew B ^a   Murphy, Scott P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colleges and universities; Curricula; Diffusion of innovations; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952816269     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9349-z     Document Type: Article

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