Modern University and Its Discontents - The Fate of Newman''s Legacies in Britain and America

Klappentext This series of interlinked essays takes the form of historical 'voyages' around the Victorian intellectual John Henry Newman! and Newman's classic work The Idea of a University! as well as changes in the structure and culture of universities which occurred in Newman's lifetime. The voyages connect nineteenth- and twentieth-century university history! mainly in Britain and the United States but with side excursions to continental Europe. Among the many important topics discussed are the history of student communities in Oxford and Cambridge! the growth of a modern examinations culture! university architecture and the use of space in connection with educational ideals! urbanism and universities! and the competition of states! markets and academic guilds for the control of universities and the right to define the missions of university professors. Zusammenfassung This is a study of how the internal culture of British and American universities has been shaped over the course of two centuries in relation to such external factors as government! the economy! society and culture. John Henry Newman's classic work The Idea of a University provides entry and exit points for this study of the modern university. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The idea of the idea of a university and its antithesis; 2. 'Consult the Genius of the Place'; 3. 'The first undergraduates, recognizable as such'; 4. Failure; 5. Historical and comparative remarks on the 'federal principle' in higher education; Interlude: General introduction to chapters six and seven; 6. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 1. 'The awkward interval'; 7. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 2. The market and the University of London; 8. Alternatives: 1. The importance of being unattached; 9. Alternatives: 2. Born to have no rest; Index.

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• Authors: Sheldon Rothblatt, Sheldon (University of California Rothblatt, Rothblatt Sheldon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521025010
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02501-0
• No. of pages: 476
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, EDUCATION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher