The Dearing Report: Ten Years on

by Watson, David; Amoah, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780854737802
• ISBN10: 0854737804
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-30
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (the Dearing Committee), Higher Education in the Learning Society, is widely recognized as a major landmark in the modern history of UK higher education. This volume contributes a wide-ranging, research-based analysis of three main themes: the impact of 10 years of the Dearing Report; the process represented by the work of the National Committee of Inquiry, including in an international context; and current issues and future prospects for UK higher education policy and practice in the light of this history.

Author Biography

David Watson is Professor of Higher Education Management at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	p. vi
Notes on contributors	p. viii
Foreword	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Editors' introduction	p. 1
The fate of the Dearing recommendations: policy and performance in UK HE, 1997-2007	p. 6
Examining higher education: a comparative view of national inquiries	p. 51
Higher education, research and the knowledge economy: from Robbins to 'the Gathering Storm'	p. 81
'100 Voices': the state of the HE nation	p. 109
Shifting sands: UK higher education in the mid-twenty-first century	p. 134
Looking back: reflections of the Dearing Committee	p. 155
Looking forward: unfinished business in UK HE in 2007	p. 165
Afterword	p. 175
Members of the Dearing Committee	p. 180
Recommendations of the Dearing Committee	p. 183
The Dearing 'compact'	p. 202
References	p. 206
Index	p. 217
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