id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15133 Burns, Allan F. The Social Role of Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives. Eds. Ken Kempner and William G. Tierney. New York: Garland Pub. (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, 988; Garland Studies in Higher Education, 7), 1996. 215p. $40 alk. paper. ISBN 0-8153-1765-4. LC 96-16423. 1997-05-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 2470 189 51 Although each Book Reviews 283 case seeks to analyze higher education in light of the way knowledge and aca- demic work are created in a national context, the cases are not easily com- pared. A chapter on higher education in Chile by Figueroa and Valle is less insightful because it becomes entangled in a discussion of academic decentrali- zation in a world of political centraliza- tion. cache/crl-15133.pdf txt/crl-15133.txt