The idea of the public university : discovering and teaching knowledge in a confused world /: discovering and teaching knowledge in a confused world. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Allan Patience.
• Authors: Patience, Allan
• Contents: 1.Introduction - Is the End Nigh for the Public University? 2. Universities as Knowledge Sanctuaries: An Historical Overview 3. John Henry Newman and The Idea of a University 4. Newman’s Idea: Contra and Pro 5. Wilhelm von Humboldt: Education Reformer 6. Humboldt’s Ideal University 7. The University in a Conflicted Twentieth Century 8. The Ideological University 9. Conclusion: Re-imagining the Public University
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 378.05; Public universities and colleges -- Curricula; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives; Higher education and state
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000684940; 9781000684926; 9781003246831
• Related ISBNs: 9781032160368
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