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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789786003321
• Autore: Graham Gordon <1949 July 15->
• 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
• 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...