Mary Tasker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1502292 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Tasker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Tasker |
| SIGNATURE | TASKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Education, Technology and Industrial Performance in Europe, 1850-1939
Changing cultures? Government intervention in higher education 1987–93
This article argues that the academic values associated with intellectual freedom are incommensurable with those of industry which permeate recent related government initiatives associated with enterprise education and quality audit and assessment. It concludes that if industrial values are implanted in universities, they will destroy the academic values on which open intellectual enquiry and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge depend
Changing Cultures? Government Intervention in Higher Education 1987-93
This article argues that the academic values associated with intellectual freedom are incommensurable with those of industry which permeate recent related government initiatives associated with enterprise education and quality audit and assessment. It concludes that if industrial values are implanted in universities, they will destroy the academic values on which open intellectual enquiry and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge depend
Industry and higher education
This paper focuses on the increasing collaboration between industry and higher education, and argues for the need to acknowledge the different values of each. We start by examining the nature of values, making use of Isaiah Berlin's contention that ultimate values often come into conflict with one another because they are incommensurable. We argue that capitalist values within industry still prevail, despite the impact of environmentalism and pos…
The Examiner. James Booth and the Origins of Common Examinations
Freedom, funding and the future of the universities
We argue that a university has an intellectual and a social purpose. The former involves the advancement of knowledge and the provision of a liberal education, purposes which are not inconsistent with vocational ends. The social purpose includes upholding standards of freedom and democracy in society and acting as an independent source of criticism within a university's area of competence. The scope of such criticism must reflect the scope of the…
Children with HIV Infection
n. fected with the human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV) and pediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases grows nation-wide, the mutual problems and con-cerns of child welfare and health care agencies point to the need for increas-ing collaboration between the two com-munities. Numerous media reports have described the astronomical costs of pro-viding health care to persons with AIDS. The increasing number of HIV-infected "boarder bab…
Industry and higher education
This paper focuses on the increasing collaboration between industry and higher education, and argues for the need to acknowledge the different values of each. We start by examining the nature of values, making use of Isaiah Berlin's contention that ultimate values often come into conflict with one another because they are incommensurable. We argue that capitalist values within industry still prevail, despite the impact of environmentalism and pos…
Freedom, funding and the future of the universities
We argue that a university has an intellectual and a social purpose. The former involves the advancement of knowledge and the provision of a liberal education, purposes which are not inconsistent with vocational ends. The social purpose includes upholding standards of freedom and democracy in society and acting as an independent source of criticism within a university's area of competence. The scope of such criticism must reflect the scope of the…
Children with HIV Infection
n. fected with the human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV) and pediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases grows nation-wide, the mutual problems and con-cerns of child welfare and health care agencies point to the need for increas-ing collaboration between the two com-munities. Numerous media reports have described the astronomical costs of pro-viding health care to persons with AIDS. The increasing number of HIV-infected "boarder bab…
Children with HIV Infection
n. fected with the human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV) and pediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases grows nation-wide, the mutual problems and con-cerns of child welfare and health care agencies point to the need for increas-ing collaboration between the two com-munities. Numerous media reports have described the astronomical costs of pro-viding health care to persons with AIDS. The increasing number of HIV-infected "boarder bab…
The Examiner. James Booth and the Origins of Common Examinations
Freedom, funding and the future of the universities
We argue that a university has an intellectual and a social purpose. The former involves the advancement of knowledge and the provision of a liberal education, purposes which are not inconsistent with vocational ends. The social purpose includes upholding standards of freedom and democracy in society and acting as an independent source of criticism within a university's area of competence. The scope of such criticism must reflect the scope of the…
Industry and higher education
This paper focuses on the increasing collaboration between industry and higher education, and argues for the need to acknowledge the different values of each. We start by examining the nature of values, making use of Isaiah Berlin's contention that ultimate values often come into conflict with one another because they are incommensurable. We argue that capitalist values within industry still prevail, despite the impact of environmentalism and pos…
Education, Technology and Industrial Performance in Europe, 1850-1939
Changing cultures? Government intervention in higher education 1987–93
This article argues that the academic values associated with intellectual freedom are incommensurable with those of industry which permeate recent related government initiatives associated with enterprise education and quality audit and assessment. It concludes that if industrial values are implanted in universities, they will destroy the academic values on which open intellectual enquiry and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge depend
Changing Cultures? Government Intervention in Higher Education 1987-93
This article argues that the academic values associated with intellectual freedom are incommensurable with those of industry which permeate recent related government initiatives associated with enterprise education and quality audit and assessment. It concludes that if industrial values are implanted in universities, they will destroy the academic values on which open intellectual enquiry and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge depend
Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Academic freedom (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Intellectual freedom (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)