Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States
The universities of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States stem from a common European academic tradition and are today among the most influential and powerful in the world. Each has cultivated a high degree of scientific and intellectual autonomy and has served as a model for world higher education. Yet, those four systems are structurally distinct and show considerably different patterns of development. In Centers of Learning Joseph Ben-David sxplores these differences and provides insight into the role and scope of contemporary higher education.
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Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States
The universities of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States stem from a common European academic tradition and are today among the most influential and powerful in the world. Each has cultivated a high degree of scientific and intellectual autonomy and has served as a model for world higher education. Yet, those four systems are structurally distinct and show considerably different patterns of development. In Centers of Learning Joseph Ben-David sxplores these differences and provides insight into the role and scope of contemporary higher education.
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Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States

Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States

by Joseph Ben-David (Editor)
Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States

Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States

by Joseph Ben-David (Editor)

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The universities of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States stem from a common European academic tradition and are today among the most influential and powerful in the world. Each has cultivated a high degree of scientific and intellectual autonomy and has served as a model for world higher education. Yet, those four systems are structurally distinct and show considerably different patterns of development. In Centers of Learning Joseph Ben-David sxplores these differences and provides insight into the role and scope of contemporary higher education.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781351529655
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/05/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 968 KB

About the Author

Joseph Ben-David

Table of Contents

1: Introduction to the Original Edition; 2: Modern Higher Education: Its Emergence and Structure; 3: Education for the Professions; 4: General Higher Education; 5: Research and Training for Research; 6: Universities, Politics, and Social Criticism; 7: Universities, Social Justice, and Equality; 8: Higher Education Today: Problems and Challenges
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