Death of the Public University? by Susan Wright

Death of the Public University? by Susan Wright

Universities have been subjected to continuous government reforms since the 1980s, to make them 'entrepreneurial', 'efficient' and aligned to the predicted needs and challenges of a global knowledge economy. Under increasing pressure to pursue 'excellence' and 'innovation', many universities are struggling to maintain their traditional mission to be inclusive, improve social mobility and equality and act as the 'critic and conscience' of society. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary research project, University Reform, Globalisation and Europeanisation (URGE), this collection analyses the new landscapes of public universities emerging across Europe and the Asia-Pacific, and the different ways that academics are engaging with them.

"The book is a challenging approach to higher education studies and beyondDynamically questioning the relationship between the university and the dominant political economy at present, this book assumes a multidisciplinary approach and brings together macro and micro level analyses allowing the transformations in contemporary higher education to be mapped." * Antonio M. Magalhaes, University of Porto

Susan Wright is Professor of Educational Anthropology at Aarhus University. She coordinated the EU project 'University Reform, Globalisation and Europeanisation' and the EU ITN project 'Universities in the Knowledge Economy' in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Rim. She co-edits (with Penny Welch) the journal LATISS (Learning and Teaching: International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences) and with Cris Shore and Davide Pero published Policy Worlds: Anthropology and the Anatomy of Contemporary Power (2011, Berghahn). Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland. He is founding editor of the journal Anthropology in Action, inaugural Director of Auckland University's Europe Institute and, with Susan Wright, is editor of the Stanford University Press book series, Anthropology of Policy. His recent books include Up Close and Personal: On Peripheral Perspectives and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge, (with Susanna Trnka, 2013, Berghahn).

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ISBN 13	9781785335426
ISBN 10	1785335421
Title	Death of the Public University?
Author	Susan Wright
Series	Higher Education In Critical Perspective: Practices And Policies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Year published	2017-05-04
Number of pages	350
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