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A critique of universities : reflections on the status and direction of the modern university /

Whart sort of institution should the university aspire to be? What role should it be playing in the present? How should it be governed? Are universities taking proper care of the knowledge that they are responsible for? These questions, along with others, are pursued by Páll Skúlason in the presen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Páll Skúlason (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reykjavik : University of Iceland Press, 2015.
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