What are universities for?
2012, 1st Penguin edition. London : Penguin Books. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #405358
Physical description: xiii, 215 pages. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The global multiversity? -- Universities in Britain : a very short history -- The useful and the useless : Newman revisited -- The character of the humanities -- The highest aspirations and ideals : universities as a public good -- Bibliometry -- The business analogy -- HiEdBizUK -- Impact -- Browne's gamble. Subjects: Universities and colleges Philosophy; Education, Higher Aims; Philosophy & Theory Of Education; Higher education and state.
Price: €12.95