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The Institution of Intellectual Values

St. Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, Volume 5

Gordon Graham

This volume is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea published in 2002. It contains chapters on the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of the humanities, interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming universities, intellectual integrity and the realities of funding, and spiritual values and the knowledge economy.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Universities: The Recovery of an Idea
    • A Very Short History of Universities in Britain and Abroad
    • Explaining the Value of Universities
    • University Education
    • University Research
    • University Management
    • Financing the System
    • Recovering the Idea
  • Human Nature and the Study of the Humanities
  • Interdisciplinary versus Multidisciplinary Study
  • Information Systems and the Concept of a Library
  • The Prospects for e-Learning
  • Intellectual Integrity and the Realities of Funding
  • Spiritual Values and the Knowledge Economy
  • Reforming Universities: How to lose the Plot
  • References

· ISBN 1-84540-002-X · Published April 2005 by Imprint Academic · Cloth · 295 pages · $49.90 ·

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