[DOWNLOAD] "Towards the Virtuous University" by Jon Nixon ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

March 04, 2021

eBook details

Title: Towards the Virtuous University
Author : Jon Nixon
Release Date : January 13, 2008
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 718 KB

Description

A good university is invariably assumed to be one which is managerially effective in terms of its economic efficiency, and is judged in terms of entrepreneurialism, self-promotion and competitive innovation. This book argues that in the majority of institutions, these goals are being pursued to the exclusion of academic excellence and public service. It proposes that there is a marked lack of intellectual leadership at senior management level within HE institutions and that academic workers must assume responsibility for the moral purposefulness of their institutions. This will not be a retreat into the old values of an elitist 'ivory tower', but a rejection of the current deeply stratified university system which prematurely selects students for differentiated institutional streams.