The Modern University and its Discontents: The Fate of Newman's Legacies in Britain and America
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521453313
ISBN 13
9780521453318
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
476
Subject
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890. Education, Higher--Great Britain--History. Education, Higher--United States--History. Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Great Britain. Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Abstract
This series of interlinked essays takes the form of historical 'voyages' around the Victorian intellectual John Henry Newman, and Newman's classic work The Idea of a University, as well as changes in the structure and culture of universities which occurred in Newman's lifetime. The voyages connect nineteenth and twentieth-century university history, mainly in Britain and the United States but with side excursions to continental Europe. Among the many important topics discussed are the history of student communities in Oxford and Cambridge, the growth of a modern examinations culture, university architecture and the use of space in connection with educational ideals, urbanism and universities, and the competition of states, markets and academic guilds for the control of universities and the right to define the missions of university professors.
Description
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. The idea of the idea of a university
2. 'Consult the Genius of the Place'
3. 'The first undergraduates, recognizable as such'
4. Failure
5. Historical and comparative remarks on the 'federal principle' in higher education
6. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 1. 'The awkward interval'
7. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 2. The market and the University of London
8. Alternatives: 1. The importance of being unattached
9. Alternatives: 2. Born to have no rest.
Introduction
1. The idea of the idea of a university
2. 'Consult the Genius of the Place'
3. 'The first undergraduates, recognizable as such'
4. Failure
5. Historical and comparative remarks on the 'federal principle' in higher education
6. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 1. 'The awkward interval'
7. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 2. The market and the University of London
8. Alternatives: 1. The importance of being unattached
9. Alternatives: 2. Born to have no rest.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
2
