French Elite Colleges in Crisis
Self-Conceptions and -Positionings of the Écoles Normales Supérieures
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Beschreibung
This volume examines the institutional identities of elite colleges in the Paris region against the backdrop of current transformation processes in the French higher education and research landscape. The focus is on the École normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm and the École normale supérieure de Cachan, where expert interviews were conducted with university lecturers, university cultural events were observed and documents presenting the universities' self-image were analysed. The publication is intended as a contribution to updating research on the system of elite education in France in the context of Pierre Bourdieu.
About the author
PD Dr Anne Schippling is an integrated researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon in Portugal and a private lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy III – Educational Sciences at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle/Saale.
This volume examines the institutional identities of elite colleges in the Paris region against the backdrop of current transformation processes in the French higher education and research landscape. The focus is on the École normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm and the École normale supérieure de Cachan, where expert interviews were conducted with senior lecturers and members of the institutional leadership, cultural events were observed and documents presenting the colleges' self-image were analysed. The publication is intended as a contribution to updating research on the system of elite education in France in the context of Pierre Bourdieu.
Offers an innovative contribution to international higher education research Addresses a research gap concerning the Écoles normales supérieures Opens up innovative comparative perspectives on other national systems of elite education
Autor*in
Anne Schippling
Themen in »French Elite Colleges in Crisis«
French Elite Colleges Écoles normales supérieures Elite Education École normale supérieure de Cachan Self-Conceptions and Self-Positionings Documentary Method École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm Elite formation Expert interviews Grandes écoles Pierre Bourdieu France