ISBN:
9781529200355
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (407 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Brink, Chris The Soul of a University : Why Excellence Is Not Enough
DDC:
306.432
Keywords:
Education, Higher-Aims and objectives
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Universities and colleges
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Education, Higher-Aims and objectives..
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Universities and colleges
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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 -- 4. Tales of Quality, Equality and Diversity -- Cape 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 -- Not a ladder but a landscape -- EPILOGUE -- On the Supreme Good (De Summo Bono) -- Notes -- Index
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