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Burton R. Clark papers, circa 1955-2009
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Box 1, Folder 1

The Academic Life: Small Worlds, Different Worlds. 1987-1990.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning Clark's book.
Box 1, Folder 2

The Academic Profession: National, Disciplinary, and Institutional Settings. 1985-1988.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning Clark's book.
Box 1, Folder 3

Nominations for awards.

Scope and Content

Correspondence concerning nominations for awards.
Box 1, Folders 4-5

Biographical files.

Scope and Content

Copies of Clark's curriculum vitae and biographies.
Box 1, Folder 6

Reviews and commentary on Burton R. Clark publications.

Scope and Content

Reviews and commentary regarding Places of Inquiry: Research and Advanced Education in Modern Universities and Educating the Expert Society.
Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence.

Scope and Content Note

General correspondence and emails. See also: Alphabetical files by correspondent's last name.
Box 1, Folder 8

Creating Entrepreneurial Universities: Organizational Pathways to Transformation. 1997-1999.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning Clark's book.
Box 1, Folder 9

The Distinctive College: Antioch, Reed & Swarthmore. 1969-1979.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning Clark's book.
Box 1, Folder 10

The Encyclopedia of Higher Education. 1993-1994.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning this encyclopedia edited by Clark and Guy Neave.
Box 1, Folder 11

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. 1998-1999.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence concerning Clark's autobiographical essay for Volume 15.
Box 1, Folders 12-14

The Higher Education System: Academic Organization in Cross-National Perspective. 1982-1996.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning Clark's book.
Box 1, Folder 15

Comenius Medal (UNESCO) speech. 1998 October 4-9.

Scope and Content

Copies of Clark's "University Transformation for the Twenty-First Century," remarks delivered to an international audience of ministers of education and their national delegations, upon award of the Comenius Medal, at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, Paris, France. The Jan Amos Comenius Medal is intended to reward and promote outstanding achievements and innovations carried out in the fields of teaching and educational research, as well as to commemorate the spiritual heritage of Jan Amos Comenius.
Box 1, Folder 16

Presentations, speeches. 1991, 2005-2006.

Scope and Content

An outline for Clark's fireside chat with UCLA Higher Education and Organizational Change graduate students, a copy of "Europe in Transition: Implications for U.S. Higher Education," remarks prepared for a panel discussion at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Council in Education and a copy of "Pursuing the Entrepreneurial University," his plenary keynote address for international conference, Innovation and Change in the University, Brazil.
Box 1, Folder 17

Public lectures. circa 1975-1984.

Scope and Content

Copies of Clark's lectures and outlines for public talks including "The Professoriate: Occupation in Crisis," "Integration and Change in National Systems of Higher Education," "Access in Differing Political Systems," "The Development and Structure of American Higher Education," "Comparative Higher Education," "Higher Education: Unique Problems, Tasks and Mechanisms of Control," "Broadening Our Research Horizons: Comparative Higher Education," "Californian Higher Education in Comparative Perspective," "Higher Education: The U.S. as a Deviant Case," "Access Problems in Comparative Perspectives and the Cooling Out Function Revisited," "The Open Door College: Reflections and Reconsiderations," "Italy - with special reference to Governance," "American Higher Education: An Overview," "The Symbolic Side of Educational Organizations," "The Making of an Educational Saga," "The Usefulness of the Social Sciences" and "Organization, Image and Environment."
Box 1, Folders 18-22

Reprints [authored by Burton R. Clark]. 1960-2000.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folders 23-24

Perspectives on Higher Education: Eight Disciplinary and Comparative Views. 1983-1987.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, reviews and excerpts of this book edited by Clark.
Box 1, Folders 25-26

Places of Inquiry: Research and Advanced Education in Modern Universities. 1992-2001.

Scope and Content

Reviews and correspondence concerning Clark's book.
Box 1, Folders 27-28

The Research Foundations of Graduate Education. 1991-1993; 2000.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, reviews and excerpts of this book edited by Clark.
Box 1, Folders 29-30

The School and the University: An International Perspective. 1984-1989; 1997.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, reviews and excerpts of this book edited by Clark.
Box 1, Folders 31-32

Personal files. 1954-1993.

Scope and Content

Materials include personal and professional correspondence, job offers, UCLA's 35th Commencement booklet and the announcement for Clark's Ph.D. final exam.
Box 1, Folders 33-34

BRC papers.

Scope and Content

Bibliographies, book reviews, articles and copies of presentations.
Box 2, Folders 1-7

Photographs. circa 1964-1994.

Scope and Content

Photographs of Clark and his colleagues at conferences.
Box 2, Folders 8-80

[Alphabetical files: A to E].

Scope and Content

Materials include correspondence arranged alphabetically by institution, conference, country, article or presentation title or correspondent's last name.
Box 3, Folders 1-86

[Alphabetical files: F to N].

Scope and Content

Materials include correspondence arranged alphabetically by institution, conference, country, article or presentation title or correspondent's last name.
Box 4, Folders 1-61

[Alphabetical files: Neave, Guy to T].

Scope and Content

Materials include correspondence arranged alphabetically by institution, conference, country, article or presentation title or correspondent's last name.
Box 5, Folders 1-20

[Alphabetical files: U to Z].

Scope and Content

Materials include correspondence arranged alphabetically by institution, conference, country, article or presentation title or correspondent's last name.
Box 5, Folders 21-53

Publications and reprints [authored by Burton Robert Clark].

Scope and Content

Materials include "Faculty Organization and Authority," "The Culture of College," "Sociology of Education," Economy, Change and Renewal," "Knowledge, Industry and Adult Competence," "The Character of Colleges," "College, Image and Student Selection," "The Cooling-Out Function," "The Coming Shape of Higher Education in the United States," "Organizational Adaption and Precarious Values," "Interorganizational Patterns in Education," "The Cooling-Out Function Revisited," "The Organizational Saga in Higher Education," "Education: The Study of Educational Systems," "The Wesleyan Story: The Importance of Moral Capital," "Development of the Sociology of Higher Education," "The Dossier in Colleges and Universities," "Dynamics of Academic Society," "The Organizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation and Competition in the Academic Sector of Society" and "Belief and Loyalty in College Organization."
Box 5, Folders 54-74

Conference files.

Scope and Content

Materials include copies of Clark's presentations and publications from conferences.
Box 5, Folders 75-79

Research files.

Scope and Content

Articles and clippings concerning research universities, research based teaching and learning and economics in Europe. Materials also include Clark's manuscript, "Academic Federalism: The American Experience in International Perspective."
Box 6

Publications and reprints [authored by Burton Robert Clark].

Scope and Content

Materials include "The Marginality of Adult Education," "Problems of Access in the Context of Academic Structures," "The Absorbing Errand," "Comparative Analysis of Systems of Higher Education," "The Many Faces of Academic Coordination," "The Changing Relations Between Higher Education and Government: Some Perspectives From Abroad," "Graduate Schools and Professional Schools: Some Cross-National Comparisons," "Mass Education and Advanced Education: Are They Necessarily Antithetical?" and "Excellence and Equality in a Setting of Patrimonial Politics: The Case of Italy."