Screen LibraryDeath of the public university? : uncertain futures for higher education in the knowledge economy /
"Universities have been subjected to continuous government reforms since the 1980s, to make them 'entrepreneurial', 'efficient' and aligned to the predicted needs and challenges of a global knowledge economy. Under increasing pressure to pursue 'excellence' and �...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Berghahn,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Higher education in critical perspective : practices and policies ;
volume 3 |
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| Summary: |
"Universities have been subjected to continuous government reforms since the 1980s, to make them 'entrepreneurial', 'efficient' and aligned to the predicted needs and challenges of a global knowledge economy. Under increasing pressure to pursue 'excellence' and 'innovation', many universities are struggling to maintain their traditional mission to be inclusive, improve social mobility and equality and act as the 'critic and conscience' of society. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary research project, University Reform, Globalisation and Europeanisation (URGE), this collection analyses the new la |
| Carrier Form: | x, 338 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781785335426 (hardback) : 1785335421 (hardback) 9781785335433 (ebook) 178533543X (ebook) |
| Index Number: | LB2322 |
| CLC: | G64 |
| Call Number: | G64/D285 |
| Contents: | Introduction privatising the public university : key trends, counter-trends and Alternatives / Susan Wright and Cris Shore -- Redefining the mission and meaning of the university : universities in Britain and the spirit of '45 / John Morgan -- Managing the third mission : reform or reinvention of the public university? / Nick Lewis and Cris Shore -- Universities in the competition state : lessons from Denmark / Susan Wright and Jakob Williamsberg -- Leadership in higher education : a critical feminist perspective on global restructuring / Jill Blackmore -- Performing the new university-new p |