Reclaiming universities from a runaway world
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Bibliographic Information
Reclaiming universities from a runaway world
(SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins)
Open University Press, 2004
- : pbk
- : hbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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  United States of America
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Hiroshima University Central Library, Interlibrary Loan
: pbk377:R-220500401516,
: hbk377:R-220100434806
Note
Includes bibliographical reference and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780335212910
Description
* What is the current state of higher education internationally? * How may we construct an alternative vision for higher education?* What might such an alternative look like?Within the knowledge economy, higher education has expanded and changed through policies and practices of audit, performativity and 'market' values. In the face of such shifts, Reclaiming Universities from a Runaway World contributes to a timely and important debate around the civic function and democratic values of universities. The book is divided into three parts:* 'Dark Times' critiques the effects of contemporary higher education on professional life, research and curricula. * 'Languages of Reconstruction' explores alternative conceptualisations of what universities and higher learning are for, reaffirming difference, deliberative dialogue and the intrinsic goods of learning. The book argues that different languages enable different ways of thinking about university life. * 'Pointing to Hope' builds upon the foundations of the previous section to demonstrate how practices in pedagogy, new technologies, management, research and scholarship can be developed.This book offers a compelling and workable new vision for higher education. It is unique in bringing together critique with alternative ways of thinking about and doing higher education, providing theoretical and empirical grounding and focusing on international issues. With its international authorship, it provides insight for anyone interested in debates about the directions of higher education, including students, researchers, higher education managers and policy makers.
Table of Contents
Contents Notes on Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Melanie Walker and Jon Nixon
Part 1: 'Dark Times'
1 Managerial Governmentality and the Suppression of Ethics
Lew Zipin and Marie Brennan
2. Reclaiming Academic Work from Regulation and Relegation
Lisa Lucas
3 The Neo-Conservative Assault on the Undergraduate Curriculum
Steven Selden
4 Higher Education, Globalization and the Knowledge Economy
Michael Peters
Part 2: Languages of Reconstruction
5 Training the Imagination to Go Visiting
Jean Barr and Morwenna Griffiths
6 Sitting Uneasily at the Table
Judyth Sachs
7 Learning the Language of Deliberative Democracy
Jon Nixon
Part 3: Pointing to Hope
8 Pedagogies of Beginning
Melanie Walker
9 The New Media in an Old Institution: Implementing Change/Containing the Potential for Transformation
Rob Walker
10 Under New Management? A Critical History of Managerialism in British Universities
Colin Bundy
11 Beyond the Impossibly Good Place: Research and Scholarship
Melanie Walker
Epilogue
Reclaiming Universities from a Runaway World
Ron Barnett
Index
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780335213870
Description
*What is the current state of higher education internationally? *How may we construct an alternative vision for higher education?*What might such an alternative look like?Within the knowledge economy, higher education has expanded and changed through policies and practices of audit, performativity and 'market' values. In the face of such shifts, Reclaiming Universities from a Runaway World contributes to a timely and important debate around the civic function and democratic values of universities. The book is divided into three parts:*'Dark Times' critiques the effects of contemporary higher education on professional life, research and curricula. *'Languages of Reconstruction' explores alternative conceptualisations of what universities and higher learning are for, reaffirming difference, deliberative dialogue and the intrinsic goods of learning. The book argues that different languages enable different ways of thinking about university life. *'Pointing to Hope' builds upon the foundations of the previous section to demonstrate how practices in pedagogy, new technologies, management, research and scholarship can be developed.This book offers a compelling and workable new vision for higher education. It is unique in bringing together critique with alternative ways of thinking about and doing higher education, providing theoretical and empirical grounding and focusing on international issues. With its international authorship, it provides insight for anyone interested in debates about the directions of higher education, including students, researchers, higher education managers and policy makers.
Table of Contents
Contents Notes on Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Melanie Walker and Jon Nixon
Part 1: 'Dark Times'
1 Managerial Governmentality and the Suppression of Ethics
Lew Zipin and Marie Brennan
2. Reclaiming Academic Work from Regulation and Relegation
Lisa Lucas
3 The Neo-Conservative Assault on the Undergraduate Curriculum
Steven Selden
4 Higher Education, Globalization and the Knowledge Economy
Michael Peters
Part 2: Languages of Reconstruction
5 Training the Imagination to Go Visiting
Jean Barr and Morwenna Griffiths
6 Sitting Uneasily at the Table
Judyth Sachs
7 Learning the Language of Deliberative Democracy
Jon Nixon
Part 3: Pointing to Hope
8 Pedagogies of Beginning
Melanie Walker
9 The New Media in an Old Institution: Implementing Change/Containing the Potential for Transformation
Rob Walker
10 Under New Management? A Critical History of Managerialism in British Universities
Colin Bundy
11 Beyond the Impossibly Good Place: Research and Scholarship
Melanie Walker
Epilogue
Reclaiming Universities from a Runaway World
Ron Barnett
Index
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