Being a University

by Ronald Barnett

Book Overview

There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But what, then, might lie ahead?

Being a University both charts this conceptual development and examines the future possibilities for the idea of the university. Ronald...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415592666
• ISBN13: 9780415592666
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"