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The Idea of a University Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4545374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darren O’byrne (0000-0002-0561-6686), Darren J O’byrne (0000-0002-9883-6791, University of Roehampton), Christopher Bond (University of Roehampton) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 571-584 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1360080x.2014.957888 |
| OpenAlex | W2040806354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 18 |
We begin this paper by outlining the 'classical' debate on the idea of a university. We then proceed to show how this intellectual ideal has been compromised by successive processes of reform privileging paradigms of managerialism and commodification at the expense of intellectualism in shaping and defining UK higher education, with equivalent processes at work in other countries. This serves to set the context for our central premise that an intellectual discourse needs to be repositioned and reinstated in higher education. Finally, we consider the relationship between three competing paradigms – the intellectual model, the managerial model and the consumerist model – with a view to highlighting the contradictions and incompatibilities between all the three. We conclude by outlining a tentative proposal for a new, three-way conversation about the future of higher education, a process we term a 'trialogue
Economic growth · Economics · Engineering ethics · Higher education · Management · Mathematics education · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Psychology
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The Concept of Academic Quality
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The idea of the university
Management and leadership in UK universities
Discretionary effort of higher education sector employees
Perceived managerial and leadership effectiveness within higher education in France
What makes good feedback good
Universidade empreendedora
The New Conservatism
The Idea of a University
A Manifesto for the Public University
Decline of Donnish Dominion
The McUniversity
The American University
Die Idee der Universität
Educational Inequality and the Expansion of UK Higher Education
Managing the Academics
Stressing Academe
Secrets of the beehive
Funding Higher Education in the UK
Just How Managed is the McUniversity? Craig Prichard, Hugh Willmott
Management and Leadership in the Contemporary University
Perceptions of Academics and Students as Customers
Why Students are not (Just) Customers (and other reflections on Life After George)
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |