A critique of universities : reflections on the status and direction of the modern university / Páll Skúlason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Páll Skúlason, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reykjavik, [Iceland] : University of Iceland Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Whart sort of institution should the university aspire to be? What role should it be playing in the present? How should it be governed? Are universities taking proper care of the knowledge that they are responsible for? These questions, along with others, are pursued by Páll Skúlason in the present volume on the basis of many years of reflection and experience of university administration. His main thesis is that universities need to be more dedicated to critical thinking and to cultivate the moral dimension of scientific, and technical knowledge.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; European Universities: Their Traditions, Challengesand Missions; The Aims and Institutional Structure of the University; The Future of European Universities:Three Educational Aims; The Nature and Purpose of Academic Thought; The University and the Ethics of Knowledge; The Ethical Mission of the University; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 22, 2015).

ISBN:

9789935230805

9935230805

9789935230829

9935230821

OCLC:

908838974