The Goals of Universities
Author | : Michael Allen |
Publisher | : Open University Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Allen |
Publisher | : Open University Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edward Gross |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Tristan McCowan |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2019-08-29 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 303019597X |
This book analyses the role of the university in working towards the Sustainable Development Goals. In contrast to the previous Millennium Development Goals, higher education is seen to have a crucial role in this new agenda. Yet how can the university fulfil these weighty expectations, and are the dominant trends in higher education supporting or undermining this vision? This book draws on the idea of the ‘developmental university’, a model characterised by its porous boundaries with society and commitment to teaching, research and community engagement in the public interest. The author examines case studies from Latin America, Africa and other regions to analyse how this model can be revived, countering recent trends of marketisation, status competition and unbundling. The book also considers alternatives to the developmental model drawing on indigenous knowledge systems, looking beyond the SDG framework to the creation of a new form of society. This timely volume will be of interest and value to those working in the field of sustainable development, and to students and scholars of comparative education, international development and higher education studies.
Author | : Harold Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Walter Leal Filho |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 838 |
Release | : 2019-09-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030303063 |
The book showcases examples of university engagement in community initiatives and reports on the results from research and from a variety of institutional projects and programmes. As a whole, the book illustrates how actors at the community (microlevel) and other levels (meso and macro) can make valuable and concrete contributions to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, more specifically, to achieving the objectives defined at the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is one of the outcomes of the “Second World Symposium on Sustainability Science”, which was jointly organised by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (Brazil), the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” and the “European School of Sustainability Science and Research” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), in cooperation with the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP).
Author | : Arnold Burgen |
Publisher | : Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781853025471 |
"Based on a workshop held by the Academia Europaea, this collection draws together essays by a number of prominent writers in the field of higher education research." "Taking as its central theme the direction in which national (and international) higher education systems are moving as we approach the 21st century, the book contains both assessments of specific higher education systems and analyses of cross-national trends. It tackles such issues as higher education training, quality assessment and university autonomy, unified/binary higher education systems, confronting changes in the socioeconomic structure, and higher education in an ageing society. The book will be of interest to all those who are concerned with the future of higher education in times of rapid change."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Education, Higher |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wendy Steele |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2021-08-26 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3030735753 |
This book explores the role universities have to play in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the heart of “sustainable development” is the legacy of unsustainable development with its roots in modernity and colonialism. Critical engagement with the SDGs involves recognising these roots are shared by universities and the reciprocal need for maintenance, repair and regeneration. Universities are not just enablers of change, but also important targets of change. By focusing on the role of education about, for and through the SDGs, the authors seek to advance critical engagement with higher education that is both progressive and meaningful. We are all responsible for bearing witness to our age. This book will appeal to all those who hope that more sustainable future worlds are still possible.
Author | : John Bruce Lee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Education, Higher |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ellen Condliffe Lagemann |
Publisher | : Teachers College Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2015-04-17 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0807770973 |
At a time when higher education attendance has never felt more mandatory for career success and economic growth, the distinguished contributors to this provocative collection ask readers to consider the civic mission of higher education as equally vital to the nations well-being. Should higher education serve a greater public interest? In what ways should colleges and universities be asked to participate in public controversies? What should we expect institutions of higher education to contribute to the development of honesty and ethical judgment in the civic sphere? What should colleges do to foster greater intellectual curiosity and aesthetic appreciation in their students and communities, and why is this important for all Americans?