TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collini,Stefan
TI  - What are universities for?
SN  - 1846144825
AV  - LB2322.2 .C655 2012
U1  - 378.001 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Higher education and state
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -