Social theories about higher education are explored, including early influential sociological theories, institutional and organizational theories that address the complex nature of higher education, theories about social stratification within and across the system of higher education, as well as contemporary social theory as applied to higher education.
Athena Title
Social Theory and Higher Ed
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to introduce social theories that address higher education problems in historical as well as current context.
Students will be able to show how theory shapes our understanding of these problems.
Students will work through the limits and possibilities of these theories.
Students will explore ways of theorizing.
Students will use theory to frame a problem of interest.
