The postmodern university?
Subtitle: contested visions of higher education in society
By: edited by Anthony Smith and Frank Webster.
Contributors: Smith, Anthony, 1938-; Webster, Frank.
Publisher: Society for Research into Higher Education; Open University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Buckingham]; Bristol, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- Congresses.; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States -- Congresses.; Educational change -- Great Britain -- Congresses.; Educational change -- United States -- Congresses.; Postmodernism and higher education -- Great Britain -- Congresses.; Postmodernism and higher education -- United States -- Congresses.
Description: There is a widespread awareness that universities are changing radically: there are many more students, many more universities, a constant complaint about lack of resources, and continual debate about declining standards. This book brings together leading intellectuals from Britain and the USA to examine what is happening in higher education. Their concern is not how to manage the changes but how best to conceptualize and understand them; they explore the place of universities in contemporary society and address the issue of whether it is useful to affix the label 'postmodern' to the contemporary university. The "Postmodern University" signposts the major directions in which universities are moving, and provides the reader with tools for a better understanding of today's university. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-120) and index.
Originated from a colloquium held at Magdalen College, Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, July 19-21, 1996.