The Modern University and its Discontents
Subtitle: The Fate of Newman's Legacies in Britain and America
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780521025010
Subjects: Higher & further education; History; Education; History - General History; General; Higher; Education / History; Education, Higher--Great Britain--History; Education, Higher--Great Britain--History Edu; Education-Higher; History-General
First sentence: The subject of this chapter is the history of the 'idea of a university', or rather, it is the history of the idea that university derives its identity from an idea.