University to Uni by Robert Stevens
The case of Laura Spence - turned down for a place at Oxford in 1999 despite stellar qualifications on paper - rocketed higher education to the top of the political agenda, as politicians (notably Gordon Brown) queued up to rail against the elitism that her treatment seemed to represent. But universities have always been a major political issue, with expansion in the 1960s and then the upgrading of the polytechnics in the 1990s posing the big questions: what are universities for, how should they and their students be funded, how should they be controlled, and how should the universities as seats of learning relate to central government? In Uni Robert Stevens - himself a highly distinguished academic at such flagship universities as Oxford and Yale - provides the first history of the politics of higher education in the second half of the twentieth century.
"'Robert Stevens book is excellent because he understands the social dynamics behind the hara-kiri of our higher education..The best thing about the book is its business-like tone... It would be pleasant to think that MPs of all parties might read his book' Sunday Telegraph"
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842751206 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842751204 |
| Title | University to Uni |
| Author | Robert Stevens |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Methuen Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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