Citizenship and Higher Education: The Role of Universities in Communities and Society (Key Issues in Higher Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041533487X ISBN 13: 9780415334877

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

What are the obligations of the university to society and its communities? What are the virtues of university education? What are the university's ethical responsibilities to its students? The role of citizenship and civic responsibility in higher education is a highly contested yet crucial element of any consideration of the role of university in society. This book offers thoughtful insights into the role of higher education, outlining the intellectual and practical tensions and pressures which come to bear upon higher education institutions. Wide ranging in scope, it offers perspectives from British, European, Canadian and North American contexts. "Citizenship and Higher Education" will prove stimulating reading for anyone concerned with the ethics of education and the university's place in society - including educationalists, researchers, sociologists and policy-makers.

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Review:

'This book develops some useful ideas around the notion of citizenship and higher education, which makes a scholarly contribution to the discussion about aims, values and broader purpose of higher education.' - Claire Tilbury, Senior Lecturer in Social Work,  Griffith University

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 041533487X
• ISBN 13: 9780415334877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Arthur James, Bohlin Karen