This is the second volume of a four-part History of the University In Europe, written by an international team of authors, which covers the development of the University In Europe (east and west) from its origins up until more recent years. It focuses not only on the History of …
by Angus, Ian
fromSemaphore series
What are universities good for? This question has generated intense debate, particularly since the culture wars and Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind. Where radicals once critiqued universities' elitism, that argument has recently been turned on is head: many academ…
This volume brings together theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the ongoing Englishization of Nordic universities. A core objective is to contrast and address the gap between ideological representations of this phenomenon and the ways in which it unfolds in the pra…
The Browne report advocates, in effect, the privatisation of higher education in England. With the proposed removal of the current cap on student fees and the removal of state funding from most undergraduate degree programmes, universities are set for a period of major reorganis…
The major challenges facing higher education are often framed in terms of preparing students for life-long learning. Society's 21st century needs require civic-minded individuals who have the intellectual and personal capabilities to constructively engage political, ethnic, and …
The unrivaled amount of cash poured into the college athletic system has made sports programs breeding grounds for corruption while diverting crucial resources from the academic mission of universities. Like money in Washington politics, the influence bought by a complex set of …
Using the ' learning landscape' concept as an overarching theme, this book explores how space in schools, colleges and higher education can support changing learning and teaching strategies as well as a wide range of other community based uses. From the exploration of individual…
Despite both positive and negative perceptions of the current state of higher education, the contemporary debate over what it is to be a university is limited. Most of all, it is limited imaginatively. The range of imagined options is narrow. The imagination has not been given a…
Krimi. Psykiateren Charlie Flint får fra en ukendt person tilsendt en pakke med avisudklip om et mord, som netop behandles i retten. Det fandt sted på hendes gamle college i Oxford, hvor en brudgom blev myrdet få timer efter sit bryllup. Efterhånden som Charlie bliver grebet af …
The book provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience. It asks, for example: How can assessment methods best become an integ…
The book provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience. It asks, for example: How can assessment methods best become an integ…
