Mass Intellectuality and Democratic Leadership in Higher Education

Higher education in the UK is in crisis. The idea of the public university is under assault, and both the future of the sector and its relationship to society are being gambled. Higher education is increasingly unaffordable, its historic institutions are becoming untenable, and their purpose is resolutely instrumental. What and who have led us to this crisis? What are the alternatives? To whom do we look for leadership in revealing those alternatives? This book critically analyses intellectual leadership in the university, exploring ongoing efforts from around the world to create alternative models for organizing higher education and the production of knowledge. Its authors offer their experience and views from inside and beyond the structures of mainstream higher education, in order to reflect on efforts to create alternatives. In the process the volume asks: is it possible to reimagine the university democratically and cooperatively? If so, what are the implications for leadership not just within the university but also in terms of higher education''s relationship to society? The authors argue that mass higher education is at the point where it no longer reflects the needs, capacities and longterm interests of global society. An alternative role and purpose is required, based upon ''mass intellectuality'' or the real possibility of democracy in learning and the production of knowledge.>

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Richard Hall is Professor of Education and Technology at De Montfort University, UK, where he is Co-Director of the Institute for Education Futures. He is also a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Hall, Joss Winn, Joss (University of Lincoln Winn, Joss Hall Winn
• Mitarbeit: Camilla Erskine (Herausgeber), Professor Richard (De Montfort University Hall (Herausgeber), Richard Hall (Herausgeber), Richard (De Montfort University Hall (Herausgeber), Joss Winn (Herausgeber), Joss (University of Lincoln Winn (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781474267588
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-6758-8
• Seiten: 272
• Serien: Perspectives on Leadership in; Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education; Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen