Martin Trow Author

Martin Trow (1926-2007) was one of higher education's most influential and prolific writers. Much of his distinguished career was spent at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education. His many publications on political sociology and comparative education include The British Academics, Students and Colleges, The New Production of Knowledge, and Accountability of Colleges and Universities. Michael Burrage is a research fellow emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics.