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Rethinking Universities - The Social Functions of Higher Education (Hardcover) Loot Price: R5,264
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Rethinking Universities - The Social Functions of Higher Education (Hardcover): Sally Baker, Brian J Brown

Rethinking Universities - The Social Functions of Higher Education (Hardcover)

Sally Baker, Brian J Brown

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Most people who work and study in universities will be aware that they are changing. Yet few have so far grasped the extent of this change or have attempted to put it in a coherent intellectual framework. This volume provides new ways to understand how the university workforce in developed nations is being encouraged to change itself, and how the social role of these institutions has shifted from places of higher learning toward being agents for social change and the promotion of human welfare. Moreover the demands that are being placed on institutions and the kinds of graduates they are required to produce has changed too, with the emphasis on a new brand of vocationalism and a reinvigorated focus on skills and employability. This volume provides a theoretically informed, philosophically sophisticated account of what universities in developed nations are being encouraged to do, and the impact this has on their staff, students and the societies of which they are a part.

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Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2007
First published: November 2007
Authors: Sally Baker • Brian J Brown
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-9419-1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
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LSN: 0-8264-9419-6
Barcode: 9780826494191

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