The University in a Liberal State
Avebury (Publisher)
Published on 20. February 1996
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-85628-987-0 (ISBN)
Description
This work examines the role and success of the university in a liberal setting. It covers education, elitism and the market along with liberal education in practice.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
325 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-987-0 (9781856289870)
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Persons
Editor
JE Purkyne University, Czechoslovakia
University of Anglia
Preface
Content
Introduction - the strange death of the liberal university?, Bob Brecher and Jo Halliday; the Holocaust and liberal education, Laurinda Stryker; university culture or intellectual culture?, Martin L. Davies; "A Woman knows these things" - women's knowledge and liberal education, Pat FitzGerald; renovating the political and the autonomous university, Michael Luntley; the voice of liberal learning, is there still room for the "Idea of a University" in 1996?, Ann Bousfield; education, elitism and the market, John O'Neill and Yvette Solomon; liberal education in practice, Irina Khmelko; dismantling the liberal university - the state's new approach to academic research, Claire Polster; contested paradigms of higher education policy - higher education as a social entitlement, Henry Steck; epilogue - reflections on liberalism and liberation in Czech universities, Otakar Fleischmann and Klara Kolinska.