Reflections on the Liberal University: truth, citizenship and the role of the academic
Open Access
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Sociology of Education
- Vol. 2 (2) , 165-183
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0962021920020204
Abstract
The starting point for this paper is the fact that the organisation and practice of higher education, and our ideas about it, are informed by conflicting ideals. I explore some of this conflict by looking in detail at what I call the liberal model of the university, and at two competitors to it that have gained increasing influence in recent years: the economic and ideological models. I examine the main criticisms of the liberal university, and what I believe to be its strengths in comparison with these other two models.Keywords
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