Defending Higher Education: The Crisis of Confidence in the Academy

by Dennis Hayes

This thought-provoking book exposes the real crisis of confidence in higher education - not caused by funding problems or increased student numbers, but by academics unwilling or unable to defend free and autonomous enquiry. Government policies introducing programmes of vocational study and educational requirements are endangering a fundamental cornerstone of academic study - the pursuit of knowledge. The challenge this book presents to all academics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415334977
• ISBN13: 9780415334976
• Release Date: February 2051
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"