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The trouble with higher education : a critical examination of our universities / Trevor Hussey and Patrick Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hussey, Trevor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Research.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Universities and colleges--Research.
- Universities and colleges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Trouble with Higher Education is a powerful and topical critique of the Higher Education system in the UK, with relevance to countries with similar systems. Based on the authors' experiences that span over 30+ years of fieldwork, the issues discussed focus on the problems facing the principle responsibilities of universities: teaching, learning and research. The first half of the book identifies a number of problems that have followed the growth of mass education. It examines their causes and explains their damaging effects. The second half of the book offers a broad
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Troubles; 2 Expansion and Distortion; 3 A Mycelium of Managers; 4 Modules and Mutilation; 5 A Thought Experiment; 6 Students as Customers; 7 Auditing Learning; 8 The Other Side of Learning; 9 A Broader View; 10 Coping with Change; 11 Processing or Progressing Students; 12 Some Conclusions; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-23752-2
- 1-135-23753-0
- 1-282-37711-6
- 9786612377112
- 0-203-86634-7
- 9780203866344
- OCLC:
- 496099289
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