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9780826494191

Rethinking Universities The Social Functions of Higher Education

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    9780826494191

  • ISBN10:

    0826494196

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-11-14
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

Universities have often been associated with higher learning and the spirit of free inquiry but in many developed nations they are being subtly transformed to do other jobs for the state and the economy.

Author Biography

Sally Baker is a Post-doctoral researcher in the School of Social Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor Brian J. Brown is Reader in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University

Table of Contents

Thinking About the University: Theories, Histories and Knowledgep. 1
Education, Society, Economy and Culturep. 29
Education as Powerp. 55
Education Systems and their Changing Roles: The University and Human Wellbeingp. 84
Education as Shaping, Growing and Cultivatingp. 113
Higher Education Under Advanced Liberalismp. 141
The Picture of Learning: Thinking About the Educational Experience in Neoliberal Timesp. 168
Indexp. 175
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