Oxford, the Collegiate University: Conflict, Consensus and Continuity

By Ted Tapper and David Palfreyman

Book Overview

Foreword.- Preface.- 1. Setting the Context: Oxford's Changing Academic and Social Demography.- 2. Collegiality Debated.- 3. Continuity and Change in the Collegiate Tradition.- 4. Commensality: Time and Space, Port and Sport, Code and Dress.- 5. The Elusive Search for the Best and the Brightest.- 6. The Tutorial System: The Jewel in the Crown.- 7. Governance: A Community of Self-Governing Scholars?.- 8. Finance: The Well-Endowed Corporation?.- 9. The Collegiate University in Retreat?.- Postscript: What Future for the Collegiate University?.- Appendix: Interviewees.- References.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940073414X
• ISBN13: 9789400734142
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"