Repositioning higher education
By: edited by Frank Coffield and Bill Williamson.
Contributors: Coffield, Frank.; Williamson, Bill, 1944-
Publisher: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Buckingham [England]; Bristol, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.; Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- Administration.
Description: The writers in this book envisage a system of higher education fit for the new millennium. They challenge the fatalism of much current thinking about mass higher education and identify the ways universities must take the initiative in defining radically different models of their futures. They look to universities which are accessible, accountable and growing steadily with adequate resources. They envisage institutions which promote democratic values, offer high quality lifelong learning opportunities and are based on a new contract with, and vision for, the society they serve. Repositioning Higher Education develops a powerful critique of current orthodoxies in higher education and will provoke further open debate about the role of higher education in modern society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.