The idea of a university
By: edited by David Smith and Anne Karin Langslow.
Contributors: Smith, D. C. 1930-; Langslow, Anne Karin.
Series: Higher education policy series ;; 51
Publisher: J. Kingsley Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Philosophy.; Universities and colleges -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Based on a series of lectures given at Wolfson College Oxford in 1998"--P. 8.
Table of contents: title: Newman's idea of a university : a guide for the contemporary university? / Ian Ker; title: Universities c. 1150-c. 1350 / Jean Dunbabin; title: The American campus : from colonial seminary to global multiversity / Nannerl O. Keohane; title: Linking universities across Europe : principles, practicalities and perspectives / John Sayer; title: The universities, government and society / Robert Jackson; title: The rise of the new universities in Britain / Clive Booth; title: Universities in a knowledge economy : the impact of technology / Alistair MacFarlane; title: The changing idea of a university / David Smith; title: Concluding questions / Anne Karin Langslow.