What are universities for?
- London : Penguin Books, 2012
- xiii, 215 p. ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book presents an argument for rethinking the way we see these institutions, and why we need them.
9781846144820
Higher Education Universities and colleges Aims and objectives Political Aspects Great Britain Admission criteria, procedures Block grants/grants-in-aid Business models Conservative- governments Expansion, courses, universities Higher Education Council Medical Sciences Overseas students Part-time students PhD programmes Polytechnics Publication, academic, research Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) Snobbery Student satisfaction measures Vocational training Anglicanism Anglo-Saxon model British Academy Corporate governance Structures Impact indicators Intrinsic goods League table Mission statements Polytechnics Quality-assurance schemes Robbins Report Vocational training