University in Crisis - From the Middle Ages to the University of Excellence

This book brings necessary clarity to contentious debates about the state and future of the university by reconstructing the institution's history around the theme of crisis. It challenges administrators, faculty, students, and policy makers to enact rehabilitation of this essential social institution.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Past vs. The Future
Chapter 2: The Student vs. Society
Chapter 3: Discipline vs. Discipline
Chapter 4: The Local vs. The Global
Chapter 5: The Professor vs. The Administration
Chapter 6: The Educational vs. The Economic
Chapter 7: Kant vs. the Managers: Managerialism, Self-Governance, and the Burden of Institutional Reproduction
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Michael Schapira

Summary

This book brings necessary clarity to contentious debates about the state and future of the university by reconstructing the institution’s history around the theme of crisis. It challenges administrators, faculty, students, and policy makers to enact rehabilitation of this essential social institution.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Schapira
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781538174999
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7499-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, EDUCATION / History, Social & political philosophy, History of Education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher