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What are universities for? / Stefan Collini.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: xiii, 215 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1846144825
  • 9781846144820
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.001 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2322.2 .C655 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Part One -- The global multiversity? -- Universities in Britain : a very short history -- The useful and the useless : Newman revisited -- The character of the humanities -- The highest aspirations and ideals : universities as a public good -- Part Two -- Prologue: Occasions for advocacy -- Bibliometry -- The business analogy -- HiEdBizUK -- Impact -- Browne's gamble -- Epilogue: a complex inheritance.
Summary: "Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and skepticism about their value. "What Are Universities For?" offers a spirited and compelling argument for completely rethinking the way we see our universities, and why we need them."--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 378.001 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A553875B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part One -- The global multiversity? -- Universities in Britain : a very short history -- The useful and the useless : Newman revisited -- The character of the humanities -- The highest aspirations and ideals : universities as a public good -- Part Two -- Prologue: Occasions for advocacy -- Bibliometry -- The business analogy -- HiEdBizUK -- Impact -- Browne's gamble -- Epilogue: a complex inheritance.

"Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and skepticism about their value. "What Are Universities For?" offers a spirited and compelling argument for completely rethinking the way we see our universities, and why we need them."--Publisher's website.

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