Death of the Public University?
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Death of the Public University?

Uncertain Futures for Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy

  1. 350 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Death of the Public University?

Uncertain Futures for Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy

About this book

Universities have been subjected to continuous government reforms since the 1980s, to make them 'entrepreneurial', 'efficient' and aligned to the predicted needs and challenges of a global knowledge economy. Under increasing pressure to pursue 'excellence' and 'innovation', many universities are struggling to maintain their traditional mission to be inclusive, improve social mobility and equality and act as the 'critic and conscience' of society. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary research project, University Reform, Globalisation and Europeanisation (URGE), this collection analyses the new landscapes of public universities emerging across Europe and the Asia-Pacific, and the different ways that academics are engaging with them.

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781789200911
eBook ISBN
9781785335433
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Educational Policy

Table of contents

  1. Death of the Public University?
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Illustrations, Figures and Tables
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction. Privatizing the Public University
  8. PART I. Redefining the Mission and Meaning of the University
  9. Chapter 1. Universities in Britain and the Spirit of ’45
  10. Chapter 2. Managing the Third Mission
  11. Chapter 3. Universities in the Competition State
  12. Chapter 4. Leadership in Higher Education
  13. PART II. Performing the New University - New Priorities, New Subjects
  14. Chapter 5. Science Industry Collaboration
  15. Chapter 6. On Delivering the Consumer-Citizen
  16. Chapter 7. Tuning Up and Tuning In
  17. PART III. Managing the Risk University - Research, Ranking and Reputation
  18. Chapter 8. The Causes, Mechanisms and Consequences of Reputational Risk Management
  19. Chapter 9. The Rise and Rise of the Performance-Based Research Fund?
  20. Chapter 10. Evaluating Academic Research
  21. Chapter 11. The Ethics of University Ethics Committees
  22. PART IV. Reviving the Public University - Alternative Visions
  23. Chapter 12. Who Will Win the Global Hunger Games?
  24. Chapter 13. Resistance in the Neoliberal University
  25. Chapter 14. The University as a Place of Possibilities
  26. Chapter 15. Crisis, Critique and the Contemporary University
  27. Index