LEADER 02278nam 2200361z- 450 001 9910793474003321 005 20230105210720.0 010 $a0-522-87110-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007758667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5676182 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007758667 100 $a20190317d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHigher education and the common good /$fSimon Marginson 210 1$aCarlton, Vic. :$cMelbourne University Publishing :$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource 311 0 $a0-522-87109-7 327 $aIntro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Part I: Historical sociology of higher education; 1. Great expectations; 2. High participation and social inclusion; 3. Anglo-American higher education and inequality; Part II: Political economy of higher education; 4. Public and private goods in higher education; 5. Public goods and public good; 6. Limits of human capital theory; 7. Limits of capitalist markets in higher education; 8. Limits of global university ranking; Part III: Positional competition and the common good; 9. Diversity, stratification and equity 10. The case of Australia 11. Conclusion; References; Index 330 $a"In the last half century higher education has moved from the fringe to the centre of society and accumulated a long list of functions. In the English-speaking world, Europe and much of East Asia more than two thirds of all school students enter tertiary education. Bulging at the seams, universities are meant to be fountains of new knowledge, engines of prosperity and innovation, drivers of regional growth, skilled migration and global competitiveness, and makers of equality of opportunity. Yet they can do little to stop rising income inequality ..."--Back cover 606 $aEducation, Higher$zAustralia 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xGraduate work 606 $aCommon good 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xGraduate work. 615 0$aCommon good. 700 $aMarginson$b Simon$f1951-$0985929 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793474003321 996 $aHigher education and the common good$93857287 997 $aUNINA