What are Universities for? [Audiobook] download free by Stefan Collini
- Listen audiobook: What are Universities for?
- Author: Stefan Collini
- Release date: 2012/12/27
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9781846144820
- Rating: 8.64 of 10
- Votes: 63
- Review by: Samir Duncan
- Review rating: 8.07 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/30
- Duration: 2H57M18S in 256 kbps (48 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC (compression RAR, ZIP, BZ, TAR.LZO)
- Total pages original book: 240
- Includes a PDF summary of 23 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 18M18S (4.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and scepticism about their value. What Are Universities For? offers a spirited and compelling argument for completely rethinking the way we see our universities, and why we need them. Stefan Collini challenges the common claim that universities need to show that they help to make money in order to justify getting more money. Instead, he argues that we must reflect on the different types of institution and the distinctive roles they play. In particular we must recognize that attempting to extend human understanding, which is at the heart of disciplined intellectual enquiry, can never be wholly harnessed to immediate social purposes - particularly in the case of the humanities, which both attract and puzzle many people and are therefore the most difficult subjects to justify.At a time when the future of higher education lies in the balance, What Are Universities For? offers all of us a better, deeper and more enlightened understanding of why universities matter, to everyone.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Universities, Literary Essays, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education, Adult Education, Continuous Learning
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 11.55 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x14mm
- Weight: 179g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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