02694nam 2200517 450 991081962740332120230207220209.01-4411-7060-X(CKB)3710000000109463(EBL)1749825(SSID)ssj0001197047(PQKBManifestationID)12455271(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001197047(PQKBWorkID)11177446(PQKB)10045758(MiAaPQ)EBC1749825(EXLCZ)99371000000010946320171117h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRethinking universities the social functions of higher education /Sally Baker and Brian BrownLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2007.©20071 online resource (191 p.)Research in Higher EducationDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-9419-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Cover; Contents; 1 Thinking About the University: Theories, Histories and Knowledge; 2 Education, Society, Economy and Culture; 3 Education as Power; 4 Education Systems and their Changing Roles: The University and Human Wellbeing; 5 Education as Shaping, Growing and Cultivating; 6 Higher Education Under Advanced Liberalism; 7 The Picture of Learning: Thinking About the Educational Experience in Neoliberal Times; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZMost people who work and study in universities will be aware that they are changing. Yet few have so far grasped the extent of this change or have attempted to put it in a coherent intellectual framework. This volume provides new ways to understand how the university workforce in developed nations is being encouraged to change itself, and how the social role of these institutions has shifted from places of higher learning toward being agents for social change and the promotion of human welfare. Moreover the demands that are being placed on institutions and the kinds of graduates they are requiResearch in higher education (Continuum (Firm))Education, HigherSocial aspectsEducation, HigherSocial aspects.306.432Baker Sally1107594Brown B. J(Brian J.),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819627403321Rethinking universities3988470UNINA