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The Philosophy of Higher Education
Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education this book steps nimbly through the field, leading it into new areas and advancing an imaginative …
Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Standpoints
Students today are in many ways different from students in the past, though people disagree on how. Some say they have a shorter attention span while others say they are more …
Universities in the Flux of Time
Higher education and the institution of the university exist in time, their essential nature now continually subject to change: change in students, in knowledge, in structure and …
Thinking and Rethinking the University
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international scholars compile career-long selections of what they judge to be among their finest pieces so the world has access to …
Culture and the University
Not long ago, it was understood that universities and culture were intimately related. However, to a large extent, that understanding has faded. Culture and the University …
The Future University
Winner of the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group Best Book Award for 2014!As universities increasingly engage with the world …
Philosophers on the University
This book shows the significance of the thinking of philosophers (and other key thinkers) in understanding the university and higher education. Through those explorations, it …
The Idea of the University
The Idea of the University: Contemporary Perspectives, Volume 2 is a companion to The Idea of the University: A Reader, Volume 1, which presents readings from the major texts on …
Thinking about Higher Education
With higher education around the world in a period of extreme flux, this volume explores its underlying philosophy, a core element of the ongoing debate. Offering a diverse range …
Wisdom in the University
This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It …
Ecologies for Learning and Practice
Ecologies for Learning and Practice provides the first systematic account of the ideas of learning ecologies and ecologies of practice and locates the two concepts within the …
The Ecological University
Universities continue to expand, bringing considerable debate about their purposes and relationship to the world. In The Ecological University, Ronald Barnett argues that …