Course Correction - A Map for the Distracted University

Distracted by differing demands from without and within, the twenty-first-century university needs to re-find its focus as a protected place for unfettered deliberation about knowledge and the education of its students as whole human beings.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Five Assertions
1. It’s All about Knowledge, Period
2. Reputation Requires Integrity
3. Autonomy is Precarious but Necessary
4. Academic Freedom is Necessary and Messy
5. Decision-Making is Complicated
Three Questions
6. Is It Now All about Students?
7. What Knowledge Should Undergraduates Gain?
8. What and Where are Well-Placed Universities?
Epilogue: Apologia pro Vita Sua
Notes
Index

About the author

Paul W. Gooch is President Emeritus and Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

Summary

Distracted by differing demands from without and within, the twenty-first-century university needs to re-find its focus as a protected place for unfettered deliberation about knowledge and the education of its students as whole human beings.

Product details

• Authors: Paul W. Gooch
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781487523565
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2356-5
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: UTP Insights; UTP Insights
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works