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Mitchell L. Stevens

Mitchell Stevens

Professor

Biography

I am an organizational sociologist with longstanding interests in the quantification of educational processes, alternative educational forms, and the formal organization of knowledge.

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Other Titles

Professor, Graduate School of Education
Professor (By courtesy), Sociology

Program Affiliations

SHIPS (PhD): Educational Policy

SHIPS (PhD): Higher Education

SHIPS (PhD): Organization Studies

SHIPS (PhD): Social Sciences in Education

SHIPS (PhD): Sociology of Education

(MA) ICE/IEPA

(MA) POLS

(MA) MA/MBA

(MS) EDS

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Research Interests

Alternative Schooling | Educational Policy | Higher Education | Leadership and Organization | Lifelong Learning

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Recent Publications

Eaton, C., & Stevens, M. L. (2020). Universities as peculiar organizations. SOCIOLOGY COMPASS.

Angus, G., Martinez, R. D., Stevens, M. L., & Paepcke, A. (2019). Via: Illuminating Academic Pathways at Scale. L@S '19: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH (2019) ACM CONFERENCE ON LEARNING @ SCALE.

Stevens, M. L. (2018). Research Universities and the Future of Work. ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 35(1), 45–52.

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Mitchell L. Stevens in the News & Media

Vanity Fair

Professor Mitchell Stevens considers the pandemic's long-term impact on colleges and universities.

July 8, 2020

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June 15, 2020

Podcast

COVID-19 and the future of higher education

‘How would I lecture with a mask on?’ Bay Area professors weigh risk of returning to classroom

Professor Mitchell Stevens talks about the uncertainties facing colleges in re-opening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 15, 2020

With Cal State and other colleges moving online, higher ed has to prove its value

Treating online and in-person instruction as essentially equal puts residential universities in an awkward position, says Associate Professor Mitchell Stevens.

May 17, 2020