Reinventing the University: A Radical Proposal for a Problem-Focused University

by Jan D. Sinnott, Lynn Johnson

Overview

This book is for professors, administrators, government officials, and every part of global society that has a stake in higher education or the problems faced by humanity today. It is also for students, their families, and communities who want a different performance from institutions of higher education. Its purpose is to start, stimulate, and encourage a dialogue about higher education and the way it is experienced today. We have attempted to do more than give some absolute model, wanting to provide mechanisms for ongoing dialogue-based transformation. The dialogue begins with the offering of a model of the way higher education could be reinvented. This model is built on certain assumptions about learning, work, and the environment and purpose of higher education. Within these parameters, it is acknowledged that this model is only one out of a possible hundred different ways to get to the same place.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567502220
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Series:	Social and Policy Issues in Education Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

nnott /f Jan

nson /f Lynn

Table of Contents

The Purpose of this Book
Why Do We Need a New Model for the University
History and Purpose of the University in the United States: A Review of Trends
Specific Problems with the University in Today's World
One New Model to Explore: A Digression into Theory, for the Brave
One New Model for the University
Pros and Cons of Adopting This Model of the New University
Reorganization and Institutional Change
Transition to the ProblemFocused University
Financing the University
The University as Nourishment for a Life: An Average Day