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What are Universities For?

Af: Stefan Collini Engelsk Paperback

What are Universities For?

Af: Stefan Collini Engelsk Paperback
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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 scepticism 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.

Stefan Collini challenges the common claim that universities need to show that they help to make money in order to justify getting more money. Instead, he argues that we must reflect on the different types of institution and the distinctive roles they play. In particular we must recognize that attempting to extend human understanding, which is at the heart of disciplined intellectual enquiry, can never be wholly harnessed to immediate social purposes - particularly in the case of the humanities, which both attract and puzzle many people and are therefore the most difficult subjects to justify.

At a time when the future of higher education lies in the balance, What Are Universities For? offers all of us a better, deeper and more enlightened understanding of why universities matter, to everyone.

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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 scepticism 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.

Stefan Collini challenges the common claim that universities need to show that they help to make money in order to justify getting more money. Instead, he argues that we must reflect on the different types of institution and the distinctive roles they play. In particular we must recognize that attempting to extend human understanding, which is at the heart of disciplined intellectual enquiry, can never be wholly harnessed to immediate social purposes - particularly in the case of the humanities, which both attract and puzzle many people and are therefore the most difficult subjects to justify.

At a time when the future of higher education lies in the balance, What Are Universities For? offers all of us a better, deeper and more enlightened understanding of why universities matter, to everyone.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781846144820
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1846144825
Kategori: Højere uddannelse
Udg. Dato: 23 feb 2012
Længde: 9mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 188mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 23 feb 2012
Forfatter(e): Stefan Collini
Forfatter(e) Stefan Collini


Kategori Højere uddannelse


ISBN-13 9781846144820


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 9mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 188mm


Udg. Dato 23 feb 2012


Oplagsdato 23 feb 2012


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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