Högskolans ansvar : principer för utveckling av den högre utbildningen / Andrew Casson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casson, Andrew, 1952- author.

Language:

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges.

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Ubiquity Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What should a university be? How can universities make a sounder and more lasting contribution to better lives and better societies in a globalised world? From a Swedish perspective, this new book challenges current ideas about what higher education is for. It presents fifteen principles for future development that range from a discussion of the nature of knowledge to the responsibility of the university in the development of society. Universities must become better at allowing and encouraging students to develop independence of thought and action through self-formation, bildung, and personal growth rather than merely preparing them for a specific job, the books says, using a historical perspective to consider these issues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (oapen, viewed Jul. 7, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781909188518

1909188514

9781909188501

1909188506

OCLC:

1030814003

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.5334/bap

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access