Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education: Contradictions, Complexities and Challenges

By: Brendan Bartram

This insightful book offers a wide-ranging collection of lively discussions on contemporary issues, policies and practices in higher education. Bartram integrates contributions from experienced academics, teachers and students in a unique approach and structure, designed to enable students with both specific and wide-ranging interests in higher education to extend their understanding.

Including discussion points, research tasks and suggestions on further reading in each chapter, Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education discusses a range of topics, such as:

universities and the mental health 'crisis';

knowledge, the state and the market;

the role of technology in teaching and academic celebrification;

disability, diversity and inclusive placement learning.

Written specifically for Education Studies students, this book constitutes a timely addition to student-focused themed studies looking at aspects of higher education.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367374137
• ISBN13: 9780367374136
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"