The Concept of a University / Kenneth R. Minogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minogue, Kenneth R., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Of Heels and Hammers

1. The Beginning of Universities

2. Religion and Academic Freedom

3. Lectures, Dons and Undergraduates: Institutional Resilience

4. The Academic and the Practical Worlds

5. The Battle of Beliefs

6. Journalism: Nutshell Truths for the Breakfast Table

7. The Ideological Imitation: The Dangers of a Little Learning

8. Is the Academic World Itself Ideological?

9. The Doctrine of Social Adaptation

10. The Doctrine of Social Transformation

11. The Secret University

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520312616

0520312619

OCLC:

1198929319