University and society in the United States

Abstract

This text is a review of the monograph by Professor Alexander I. Kubyshkin devoted to the history and structure of the U.S. colleges and the relations between universities and American society. The review focuses on the author’s research of the role that universities play in political and social life of the United States, the analysis of typical career paths of professors and highlights that the goals that American society sets before the universities are much broader compared to those common in Russian education.