Overview
- This book offers up-to-date research on a range of topics which affect the shape and size of higher education systems throughout the world.
- The book will be of interest to all who are concerned with the future of universities.
- The book asks critical questions on the nature of the university and its place in the modern world.
Part of the book series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century (CHER)
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About this book
Whether universities can survive as critical organisations in the current time is an open question which this volume seeks to address. The book examines particular aspects of three main themes: governance, critical regulation and regulated criticism; growth, equality, movement and instability in higher education systems; and teaching and learning. Topics range from ‘University Futures’ to an examination of governance by procedure and the loss of the social process of the university; a discussion of the meaning of academic freedom; and approaches to managerialism. Quality management is discussed, along with the question of whether European Liberal Education actually exists. Various aspects of the theme of teaching and learning are examined, from student participation in out-of-class activities, to the role of Centres of Excellence, and a consideration of widening participation. The book is international in its reach, and addresses the continuing dilemmas faced in higher education systems, within Europe and beyond.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Contemporary University: Governance and Organisational Futures
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Widening Participation, Curricular Innovation, Research Policy
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Higher Education Policies and Practices on Teaching Quality and Excellence, Research and the Student Experience
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The University as a Critical Institution?
Editors: Rosemary Deem, Heather Eggins
Series Title: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-116-2
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-116-2Published: 12 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CCXL, 8
Topics: Education, general