What are universities for? / Stefan Collini.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collini, Stefan, 1947-
Language:English
Published: London [England] ; New York : Penguin, 2012.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Philosophy.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > Great Britain.
Higher education and state.
Physical Description:xiii, 215 pages ; 20 cm
Format: Book
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
  • Prologue: occasions for advocacy
  • Bibliometry
  • The business analogy
  • HiEdBizUK
  • Impact
  • Browne's gamble
  • Epilogue: a complex inheritance.