Higher Education Re-formed

by Peter Scott (Editor)

Overview

Specially commissioned contributions edited by some of the most respected academics currently working in the field of higher education, drawing the situation as it is now and looking forward to the developments of the coming years. It asks questions such as will 'Dearing' prove to be little more than a stop-gap? What will be the balance of power between education institutions, the state and the private sector? What are the realities behind 'lifelong learning', and what form will it take if it steps out of the realms of theory?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135699802
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/18/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	742 KB

About the Author

Peter Scott is currently Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University. Previously he was Professor of Education, then Pro-Vice-Challencor of the University of Leeds. He was also Editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement for sixteen years.

Table of Contents

1. A Connecticut Yankee? An Unlikely Case Senario Sheldon Rothbatt Systems, Institutions and Students: 2. Strategy and Management for University Development Alan Wilson 3. The Distributed University Roger Waterhouse 4. Plato.com: The Role and Impact of Corporate Universities in the Next Millennium Geraldine Kenney-Wallace 5. Students as Consumers: The Individualisation of Competitive Advantage David Robertson 6. The Globalization of Higher Education Dennis Blight, Dorothy Davis and Alan Olsen 7. Re-Configuring the University Ronald Barnett Future Knowledge: 8. New Technologies, Students and the Curriculum: The Impact of Communication and Information Technology and Higher Education Diana Laurillard 9. A Profession for the New Millennium? John Randall 10. The Future of Research Jonathan Adams 11. A Tale of Three Revolutions? Science, Society and the University Peter Scott

Editorial Reviews

'... [offers] valuable insight into the issues that will be shaping higher education systems for decades to come.' - ACU Bulletin

'I commend this collection to them [policy makers], and to everyone interested in defending the university as champion of learning for its own sake, as well as of meeting the needs of society and the economy.' - Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning

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