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OverviewWhat constitutes the public good in a highly individualistic, consumerist and privatized society? The global financial crisis of 2008 revealed the extent to which the public realm had been eroded over the last thirty years and the inroads that privatization and commercialization have made into the higher education sector. This book explores the institutional and sector-wide implications of the financial crisis for higher education; and the lessons to be learnt from that crisis and its aftermath for the university sector as a whole. Jon Nixon argues that the university now has to be re-imagined as a social, civic and cosmopolitan good that is central to the well-being of civil society and its citizens. Key chapters focus on capability, reasoning and purposefulness as the common resources of higher education. The book highlights the urgent need for sector-wide planning and collaboration, the development of a public culture across institutions, and a broadening of the higher education curriculum. Higher Education and the Public Good points a way forward to the new and emergent civic and cosmopolitan spaces of learning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Jon Nixon (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Edition: NIPPOD Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.252kg ISBN: 9781441164919ISBN 10: 144116491 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 20 September 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface \ Acknowledgements \ 1. The Public in Retreat \ 2. Social Imaginaries \ 3. Civic Imaginaries \ 4. Cosmopolitan Imaginaries \ Interlude: From imaginaries to Actualities \ 5. Human Capability \ 6. Human Reasoning \ 7. Human Purpose \ 8. The Return of the Public \ Coda: A sense of possibility \ References \ IndexReviews'Beautifully written, of wide scope and offering a much needed and humane vision of higher education as serving the public good - it is difficult to imagine a better book on the university than this. If only every university vice-chancellor and principal would pay it at least some attention.' (Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education and Consultant, Institute of Education, University of London, UK) 'In this excellent book, Jon Nixon salvages higher education from the wreckage wrought by three decades of commercialisation, commodification, competition and classification. He articulates a powerful, cogent and realisable vision of higher education as a public good - a site for the development of human capability, reason and purpose, existing within and contributing to the social interconnectivities of the res publica and cosmopolis.' (Bob Adamson, Head, Dept of International Education & Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong) Beautifully written, of wide scope and offering a much needed and humane vision of higher education as serving the public good - it is difficult to imagine a better book on the university than this. If only every university vice-chancellor and principal would pay it at least some attention. -- Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education and Consultant, Institute of Education, University of London, UK In this excellent book, Jon Nixon salvages higher education from the wreckage wrought by three decades of commercialisation, commodification, competition and classification. He articulates a powerful, cogent and realisable vision of higher education as a public good -- a site for the development of human capability, reason and purpose, existing within and contributing to the social interconnectivities of the res publica and cosmopolis. -- Bob Adamson, Head, Dept of International Education & Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong While the context within which Nixon is writing is the UK, his canvas is broad and his intention bold... The purposes of higher education are discussed in terms of human flourishing, personhood and inter- ependency; civic presence, participation and purpose; and cosmopolitan connectivity, reflexivity and futures. -- Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University * Teachers College Record * Author InformationJon Nixon is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong. He also lectures at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and holds an honorary chair at the University of Sheffield, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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