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The Decline and Renaissance of Universities : Moving from the Big Brother University to the Slow University / by Renzo Rosso.

SpringerLink Books Biomedical and Life Sciences 2019 Available online

SpringerLink Books Biomedical and Life Sciences 2019
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English
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1 online resource (XI, 115 pages) : 1 illustrations
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First edition 2019.
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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
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Summary:
Instead of following the Magna Charta Universitatum, the declaration of the principles of knowledge signed in 1988 in Bologna, the academic approach pursued in Europe and the other continents over the past 30 years has strictly employed a utilitarian model of higher education. This jeopardizes academic freedom, shared governance and tenure, the three pillars of the long-established model of universities. Scientific conformism and fragmentation, educational bias and authoritarianism are the major drawbacks, together with a poor readiness to meet the emerging challenges in the labor market and technology. In this book, Renzo Rosso presents a new model for countering these developments, e.g. by establishing novel democratic rules for university governance. The Slow University paradigm positions culture and education as essential tools for the long-term survival of humankind.
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Resistible Rise of Utilitarian University
  • The Big Brother University
  • The Fall of the Utilitarian Model
  • The Renaissance of Universities
  • Conclusion.
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  • 978-3-030-20385-6
  • 9783030203856
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