The trouble with higher education : a critical examination of our universities / / Trevor Hussey and Patrick Smith

• Autore: Hussey Trevor
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Disciplina: 378
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Research; Education, Higher - Aims and objectives; Universities and colleges - Research
• Altri autori: SmithPatrick
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Troubles; 2 Expansion and Distortion; 3 A Mycelium of Managers; 4 Modules and Mutilation; 5 A Thought Experiment; 6 Students as Customers; 7 Auditing Learning; 8 The Other Side of Learning; 9 A Broader View; 10 Coping with Change; 11 Processing or Progressing Students; 12 Some Conclusions; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Trouble with Higher Education is a powerful and topical critique of the Higher Education system in the UK, with relevance to countries with similar systems. Based on the authors' experiences that span over 30+ years of fieldwork, the issues discussed focus on the problems facing the principle responsibilities of universities: teaching, learning and research. The first half of the book identifies a number of problems that have followed the growth of mass education. It examines their causes and explains their damaging effects. The second half of the book offers a broad
• Titolo autorizzato: The trouble with higher education
• ISBN: 1-135-23752-2; 1-135-23753-0; 1-282-37711-6; 9786612377112; 0-203-86634-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826981403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II