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There is a widespread awareness that universities are changing radically: there are many more students, many more universities, a constant complaint about lack of resources, and continual debate about declining standards. This book brings together leading intellectuals from Britain and the USA to examine what is happening in higher education. Their concern is not how to manage the changes but how best to conceptualize and understand them; they explore the place of universities in contemporary society and address the issue of whether it is useful to affix the label 'postmodern' to the contemporary university. The "Postmodern University" signposts the major directions in which universities are moving, and provides the reader with tools for a better understanding of today's university.
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About the Author
Anthony Smith has been President of Magdalen College, Oxford since 1988. He was a BBC Current Affairs Producer between 1960 and 1971, a Fellow of St Antony's College from 1971 to 1976, and Director of the British Film Institute 1979-88. His publications include: The Shadow in the Cave: The Broadcaster, the Audience and the State (1973), The Politics of Information (1978), Goodbye Gutenberg - the Newspaper Revolution of the 1980s (1980), From Books to Bytes (1993), The Oxford Illustrated History of Television (1995) and Software for the Self: Culture and Technology (1996).Frank Webster has been Professor of Sociology at Oxford Brookes University since 1990. He has taught at Ealing Technical College (1974-78) and the University of California San Diego (1981-82). His publications include: The New Photography: Responsibility in Visual Communication (1980), Information Technology: A Luddite Analysis (1986, with Kevin Robins), The Technical Fix: Computers, Industry and Education (1989, with Kevin Robins), and Theories of the Information Society (1995).
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"...splendidly succinct and very valuable summary of the debate (ongoing since about 1250) on 'What is a University?" - Oxford Magazine
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- PublisherOpen Univ Pr
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0335199585
- ISBN 13 9780335199587
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages144
- EditorSmith Anthony, Webster Frank
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