Reclaiming Universities from a Runaway World

• Author(s): Melanie Walker, Jon Nixon,
• Publisher: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press
• Pages: 215
• ISBN_10: 0335212913
  ISBN_13: 9780335212910
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Schools / Levels / Higher , Education / Teaching / General , Social Science / General ,

Description:... What is the state of higher education internationally? How may we construct an alternative vision for higher education? What might such an alternative look like? This work contributes to a debate on civic function and democratic values of universities. It is divided into three parts: Dark Times; Languages of Reconstruction; and Pointing to Hope.