ERIC Number: EJ1038589
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 25
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Making a New and Pliable Professor: American and Soviet Transformations in German Universities, 1945-1990
Tsvetkova, Natalia
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, v52 n2 p161-185 Jun 2014
This article discusses the history of American and Soviet transformations in German universities during the period of the Cold War, 1945-1990. Both American and Soviet policies were resisted by the university community, particularly by the conservative German professoriate, in both parts of the divided Germany. The article shows how and why both American and Soviet policies of the reforms of German universities were eventually failed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Universities, World History, College Faculty, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Failure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; United States; USSR
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