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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461367803321

Autore

Graham Gordon <1949 July 15->

Titolo

The institution of intellectual values [[electronic resource] ] : realism and idealism in higher education / / Gordon Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, c2005

ISBN

1-283-44527-1

9786613445278

1-84540-272-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Disciplina

378.01

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives

Education, Higher - Philosophy

Education, Humanistic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Introduction; The Essays; Universities: The recovery of an idea; Human nature and the study of the humanities; Interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study; Information systems and the concept of a library; The prospects for e-learning; Intellectual integrity and the realities of funding; Spiritual values and the knowledge economy; Reforming universities: How to lose the plot; Back Matter; References; Also Available

Sommario/riassunto

This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea. It contains chapters on the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of the humanities, interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming uni...