In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both on their research and scholarly interests, and their work experiences.
Taking the form of a debate, Changing Identities in Higher Education helps to widen the contemporary space for debates on the future of higher education itself. The book is split into three parts:
part one presents a set of essays each on a set of identities within higher education (academic, student, administrative/managerial and educational...
In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both ...
There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But what, then, might lie ahead?
Being a University both charts this conceptual development and examines the future possibilities for the idea of the university. Ronald Barnett pursues this quest through an exploration of pairs of contending concepts that speak to the idea of the university - such as space...
There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical ...