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1. The Future University

   Ideas and Possibilities

   Edited by Ronald Barnett

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   As universities increasingly engage with the world beyond the classroom and the campus, those who work within higher education are left to examine how the university’s mission has changed. Official reviews and debates often forget to inquire into the purposes and responsibilities of universities,...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Imagining the University

   By Ronald Barnett

   Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

   Around the world, what it is to be a university is a matter of much debate. The range of ideas of the university in public circulation is, however, exceedingly narrow and is dominated by the idea of the entrepreneurial university. As a consequence, the debate is hopelessly impoverished. Lurking in...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
3. Being a University

   By Ronald Barnett

   Series: Foundations and Futures of Education

   There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But what, then, might lie...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
4. Changing Identities in Higher Education

   Voicing Perspectives

   Edited by Ronald Barnett, Roberto Di Napoli

   Series: Key Issues in Higher Education

   In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both on their research and scholarly interests, and their work experiences. Taking the form of a debate, Changing Identities in Higher Education helps to...

   Published September 17th 2009 by Routledge
5. Universities, Ethics and Professions

   Debate and Scrutiny

   Edited by John Strain, Ronald Barnett, Peter Jarvis

   Series: Key Issues in Higher Education

   Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. Universities, Ethics and Professions examines how this emphasis on ethics by the professional world is impacting universities, institutions that have long been key contributors to ethical reflection and...

   Published April 13th 2009 by Routledge
6. Wisdom in the University

   Edited by Ronald Barnett, Nicholas Maxwell

   This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It addresses issues such as: What is wisdom? Ought universities to seek, promote and teach wisdom and what would this...

   Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge