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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131401803321

Autore

Casson Andrew <1952->

Titolo

Högskolans ansvar : principer för utveckling av den högre utbildningen / / Andrew Casson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Ubiquity Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-909188-51-4

1-909188-50-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Soggetti

Universities and colleges

Responsibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Swedish

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

What should a university be? How can universities make a sounder and more lasting contribution to better lives and better societies in a globalised world? From a Swedish perspective, this new book challenges current ideas about what higher education is for. It presents fifteen principles for future development that range from a discussion of the nature of knowledge to the responsibility of the university in the development of society. Universities must become better at allowing and encouraging students to develop independence of thought and action through self-formation, bildung, and personal growth rather than merely preparing them for a specific job, the books says, using a historical perspective to consider these issues.