Baker, Sally,

Rethinking universities : the social functions of higher education / Sally Baker and Brian Brown. - 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Research in higher education . - Research in higher education (Continuum (Firm)). .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking about the university: theories, histories, and knowledge -- Education, society, economy, and culture -- Education as power -- Education systems and their changing roles: the university and human wellbeing -- Education as shaping, growing and cultivating -- Higher education under advanced liberalism -- The picture of learning: thinking about the educational experience in neoliberal times.

0826494196 9780826494191

2007006775


Education, Higher--Social aspects

LC191.9 / .B35 2007

306.432