<p>This book asks how we can reclaim the university for the public good. The editors and contributors argue that the sector is in crisis, accelerated by the passing of the UK Higher Education Research Act in 2017 and made visible during the University and College Union strikes in April 2018. In resp
Higher Education and the Public Good: Imagining the University
โ Scribed by Jon Nixon
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 167
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Argues the necessity of higher education as a public good, defining the institutional spaces necessary for sustaining these public goods and ensuring that they flourish. >
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