Andre Beteille

Universities at the Crossroads

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume discusses the predicament of the universities today, the objectives with which they were set up, and the extent to which they have remained true to these goals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 146mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780199455256
• ISBN-10: 0199455252
• Artikelnr.: 47865290

Autorenporträt

André Béteille, FBA, is National Research Professor, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Universities and Society
2. Universities as Public Institutions
3. The Expansion of Universities
4. Universities at the Crossroads
5. The School and the Community
6. Access to Education
7. The Making of an Inclusive Society
8. Institutions and Networks
9. Social Science Research
10. Social Theory and Social Policy
11. Universities in the Twenty-first Century
12. The Viable University
Index