Higher education can be a vital public good, providing
opportunities for students, informed citizens for democracy, and
knowledge to improve the human condition. Yet public investment in
universities is widely being cut, often because public purposes are
neglected while private benefits dominate. In this collection,
international scholars confront the realities of higher education
and the future of its public and private agenda. Their perspectives
illuminate the trajectory of education in the twenty-first century
and the continuing importance of the university's public
mission.
Reporting from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North
America, these scholars look at the different ways universities
struggle to serve public and private agendas. Contributors examine
the implications of changes in funding sources as well as amounts,
different administrative and policy decisions, and the significance
of various approaches to assessment and evaluation. They ask
whether wider student access has in fact resulted in social
mobility, whether more scientific research can be treated as an
open-access resource, how changes in academic publishing change
access to knowledge, and whether universities get full value from
research sold to private corporations. At the same time, these
chapters capture the confusion in the university sector over
explaining academic work to a broader public and prioritizing its
multiple purposes. Authors examine these practical challenges and
the implications of different approaches in different contexts.
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