Academics and the Real World
* What are modern universities for?* How can universities preserve their integrity when they have to bid for commercial funding?* Are academics out of touch with the 'real world'?Gillian Evans examines how far the traditional purposes of the universities are still relevant to their encounters with the changed priorities of the modern world. Increasingly, it seems, academia is expected to engage with the 'real world'. For instance, university teachers are being asked to cultivate the entrepreneurial spirit in their students; researchers are more likely now to be doing the kind of research that has practical applications and is funded by commer…
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- ISBN: 978-0-335-21112-8
- EAN: 9780335211128
- Produktnummer: 1334395
- Verlag: Open Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 165 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.9 cm 386 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 386
Über den Autor
G R Evans is a historian and theologian at the University of Cambridge. She has an international reputation in the fields of medieval intellectual history and modern ecumenical theology, and has published extensively in these fields. Her leadership of campaigns to reform procedures at the University of Cambridge and her experience as an officer of the Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards make her well-placed to write Academics and the Real World.
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