The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification by Collins, Randall
The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification by Collins, Randall

The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification

The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an...
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Author: Randall Collins
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The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification by Collins, Randall

The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification

$96.69
The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification by Collins, Randall

The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification

$96.69
Author: Randall Collins
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins's claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather created a cycle of credential inflation, has proven remarkably prescient.

Collins shows how credential inflation stymies mass education's promises of upward mobility. An unacknowledged spiral of the rising production of credentials and job requirements was brought about by the expansion of high school and then undergraduate education, with consequences including grade inflation, rising educational costs, and misleading job promises dangled by for-profit schools. Collins examines medicine, law, and engineering to show the ways in which credentialing closed these high-status professions to new arrivals. In an era marked by the devaluation of high school diplomas, outcry about the value of expensive undergraduate degrees, and the proliferation of new professional degrees like the MBA, The Credential Society has more than stood the test of time. In a new preface, Collins discusses recent developments, debunks claims that credentialization is driven by technological change, and points to alternative pathways for the future of education.



Author: Randall Collins
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 05/28/2019
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780231192354

About the Author
Randall Collins is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change (1998), Interaction Ritual Chains (2004), and Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2008). He is a former president of the American Sociological Association.
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