ABSTRACT
The main point of this book is to argue that French universities experienced a quiet but important change during the last decade, which allowed them to become pertinent and more autonomous actors within the French university system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |44 pages
The “Faculty Republic”
chapter |14 pages
From Napoleon's Imperial University to the “Faculty Republic”
chapter |8 pages
The “Faculty Republic”
chapter |20 pages
Universities Steered by the Disciplines
part |52 pages
French Universities Come into Their Own
chapter |14 pages
The Centralized, Standardizing, Egalitarian Model Destabilized
chapter |22 pages
And the Ministry Recognized the Universities …
chapter |14 pages
French Universities Emerge
part |22 pages
From One University Configuration to Another