Mass Intellectuality and Democratic Leadership in Higher Education (Hardcover)

Higher education in the UK is in crisis. The idea of the public university is under assault, and both the future of the sector and its relationship to society are being gambled. Higher education is increasingly unaffordable, its historic institutions are becoming untenable, and their purpose is resolutely instrumental. What and who have led us to this crisis? What are the alternatives? To whom do we look for leadership in revealing those alternatives? This book critically analyses intellectual leadership in the university, exploring ongoing efforts from around the world to create alternative models for organizing higher education and the production of knowledge. Its authors offer their experience and views from inside and beyond the structures of mainstream higher education, in order to reflect on efforts to create alternatives. In the process the volume asks: is it possible to re imagine the university democratically and co operatively? If so, what are the implications for leadership not just within the university but also in terms of higher education's relationship to society? The authors argue that mass higher education is at the point where it no longer reflects the needs, capacities and long term interests of global society. An alternative role and purpose is required, based upon 'mass intellectuality' or the real possibility of democracy in learning and the production of knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education
Release date:	August 2017
Editors:	Joss Winn • Richard Hall
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4742-6758-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	1-4742-6758-0
Barcode:	9781474267588

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