Title: The Western university on trial /
Authors: Chapman, John W.; International Council on the Future of the University.
Date: 1983
Publisher: University of California Press,
Physical description: xiii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: L
Contents: The idea of the university: Man, pursuit of truth, and the university / Nikolaus Lobkowicz -- Freedom of mind and university autonomy / Raymond Polin -- The university and democracy / Peter Graf Kielmansegg -- Quality and equality reconsidered / Gerd Roellecke -- Equality and the university / John Passmore -- The pursuit of truth: Research and teaching in the universities / Joseph Ben-David -- The natural sciences / Sjoerd L. Bonting -- The social sciences / Martin Bulmer -- A conversation about the humanities / Walter Rüegg -- The Mediterranean experience / Julio R. Villanueva -- Research in Italy / John A. Scott -- Academic standards and university organization: University standards and the decline of humane learning / Allan Bloom -- Trends and standards in British higher education / David Martin -- Government and the university in the United States / Robin W. Winks -- Higher education in Portugal / Veiga Simao, Jose Manuel Toscano Rico, and Eduardo Carrega Marcal Grilo -- The university and the economy in Sweden / Folke Halden -- University "democracy" in the Netherlands / Arend Lijphart.
Notes: "Based on papers presented at the Third International Conference of the International Council on the Future of the University"--Pref.
Subject headings (LCSH): Academic freedom--Congresses.; Universities and colleges--Congresses.; University autonomy--Congresses.