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The soul of a university : why excellence is not enough /
How can we re-establish universities' social purpose? The solution lies with asking not only 'what are we good at?', but also 'what are we good for?'. Chris Brink shows how universities can - and should - promote positive social change.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The soul of a university : |b why excellence is not enough / |c Chris Brink. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Bristol : |b Bristol University Press, |c 2018. | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro; THE SOUL OF A UNIVERSITY; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction; 1. The Standard Model University; A mathematician's apology; Extrapolation; The Platonic idea of a university; The era of the ologies; Cracks in the ivory tower; 2. Rankings and League Tables; The rise of the rankers; How to build a ranking; 15 varieties of ranking; Reality check; The rankings effect; 3. Quality in Higher Education; Plato, Aristotle and arête; Quality and standards; More like a shape than a number; Reality check; The burden of good intentions. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4. Tales of Quality, Equality and DiversityCape Town; Stellenbosch; England; Quality needs diversity; 5. Rank Order of Worth; On merit; Schools; Equal opportunity?; Mind the gap; 6. Linear Thinking; The idea of the ladder; The peril of arithmetic; Invented, not discovered; Comparison `"ranking; The poverty of linearism; 7. Another Dimension; A mathematician's contribution; Two Aristotelian precepts; Orthogonality; Lateral research; 8. Ideas of a Civic University; A sense of purpose; Redbrick and the like; Paris, 1277; Reality check; The good orthogonal to the true. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Not a ladder but a landscapeEPILOGUE; On the Supreme Good (De Summo Bono); Notes; Index. | |
| 520 | |a How can we re-establish universities' social purpose? The solution lies with asking not only 'what are we good at?', but also 'what are we good for?'. Chris Brink shows how universities can - and should - promote positive social change. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
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