02808nam 2200625 a 450 991078546530332120230725025733.01-282-91265-897866129126581-4411-8610-7(CKB)2670000000061052(EBL)617195(OCoLC)693761525(SSID)ssj0000437647(PQKBManifestationID)12148530(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437647(PQKBWorkID)10432310(PQKB)10821239(MiAaPQ)EBC617195(Au-PeEL)EBL617195(CaPaEBR)ebr10432548(CaONFJC)MIL291265(EXLCZ)99267000000006105220100325d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHigher education and the public good[electronic resource] imagining the university /Jon NixonLondon ;New York Continuum International Pub. Groupc20111 online resource (167 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-6491-X 0-8264-3743-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Public in Retreat; Chapter 2 Social Imaginaries; Chapter 3 Civic Imaginaries; Chapter 4 Cosmopolitan Imaginaries; Interlude: From Imaginaries to Actualities; Chapter 5 Human Capability; Chapter 6 Human Reasoning; Chapter 7 Human Purpose; Chapter 8 The Return of the Public; Coda: A Sense of Possibility; References; IndexWhat constitutes the public good in a highly individualistic, consumerist and privatized society?. The global financial crisis of 2008 revealed the extent to which the public realm had been eroded over the last thirty years and the inroads that privatization and commercialization have made into the higher education sector. This book explores the institutional and sector-wide implications of the financial crisis for higher education - and the lessons to be learnt from that crisis and its aftermath for the university sector as a whole. Jon Nixon argues that the university now has to be re-imaginEducation, HigherPhilosophyUniversities and collegesCommon goodCommunity lifeEducation, HigherPhilosophy.Universities and colleges.Common good.Community life.370/.015Nixon Jon803440MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785465303321Higher education and the public good3684067UNINA