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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789572503321

Autore

Anderson R. D (Robert David)

Titolo

British universities : past and present / / Robert Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-283-12226-X

9786613122261

0-8264-0990-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

378.41

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Great Britain - History

Higher education and state - Great Britain - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Serving Church and State; 2 Currents of Change; 3 Oxbridge Reformed; 4 Effortless Superiority; 5 Province and Metropolis; 6 National Identities; 7 Ideas of the University; 8 Interwar Conservatism; 9 Postwar Revolution; 10 The Robbins Era; 11 State or Market?; 12 Past and Present; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is both a concise history of British universities and their place in society over eight centuries, and a penetrating analysis of current university problems and policies as seen in the light of that history. It explains how the modern university system has developed since the Victorian era, and gives special attention to changes in policy since the Second World War, including the effects of the Robbins report, the rise and fall of the binary system, the impact of the Thatcher era, and the financial crises which have beset universities in recent years. A final chapter on the past and