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pages cm |
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major themes in education |
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Major themes in education.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Volume 1 -- 1 The cultural, political, and religious setting (Islamic and Classical origins of Western higher education) -- Mehdi Nakosteen -- Source: Mehdi Nakosteen, History of Islamic origins of Western Education, 800-1350, University of Colorado press, Boulder, Colorado, 1964 pp. 1-4, 13-26, 50-61. -- 2 Antecedents (before 1900) (African origins of higher education) -- J. F. Ade Ajayi, Lameck K. H. Goma and G. Ampah Johnson -- Source: J. F. Ade Ajayi, Lameck K. H. Goma and G. Ampah Johnson, The African experience with higher education, published by the Association of African Universities, Accraa in association with James Curry, London and Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 1996, pp. 1-25, 262-272. -- 3 The rise of the universities (Abelard and the origins and early history of universities) -- Gabriel Campayre -- Source: Gabriel Campayre, Abelard and the origin and early history of universities, chapter 3, AMS Press, New York, 1969 (reprinted from the 1893 edition), pp. 46-69. -- 4 Late medieval universities (Their development and organization) -- A. B. Cobban -- Source: A. B. Cobban, The medieval universities: their development and organisation, Methuen, London, 1975, pp. 116-121. -- 5 The first Italian university: Bologna. (Excerpt from ¿Bologna and Padua¿) -- Paul F. Grendler -- Source: Paul F. Grendler, The universities of the Italian Renaissance, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002, pp. 3-21. -- 6 The origins of Oxford and Cambridge -- V. H. H. Green -- Source: V. H. H. Green, The universities, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1969, pp.13-20. -- 7 The origins of the German universities -- Abraham Flexner -- Source: Abraham Flexner, Universities; American, English, German, Oxford University Press, London, 1930, pp. 311-327. -- 8 Jefferson¿s educational legacy (The origins of American universities) -- Jennings L. Waggoner, Jr. -- Source: Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr., Jefferson and education, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello Monograph Series, 2004, pp. 127-145 and 159-162. -- 9 Four colleges and their communities -- W. Bruce Leslie -- Source: W. Bruce Leslie, Gentlemen and scholars: college and community in the ¿Age of the university¿, 1865-1917, The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1992, pp.11-28. -- 10 Universities in the U. S. A.: secondary school characteristics -- Ralph E. Lombardi -- Source: Ralph E. Lombardi, ¿Universities in the U. S. A.: secondary school characteristics¿, Universities Quarterly, Volume IX, 1954-55, pp. 66-72. -- 11 The Scottish university tradition -- Andrew Lockhart Walker -- Source: Andrew Lockhart Walker. The revival of the democratic intellect: Scotland¿s university traditions and the crisis in modern thought, Polygon Press, Edinburgh, 1994, pp. 22-37 and 321-323. -- 12 Empire and opportunity: Overseas careers of Aberdeen graduates 1860-1970; conclusion. Excerpts from ¿Academe and Empire: some overseas connections of Aberdeen University, 1860-1970¿ -- John D. Hargreaves -- Source: John D. Hargreaves, Academe and Empire: some overseas connections of Aberdeen University, 1860-1970, Aberdeen University Press, 1994, pp. 5-32 and 114-117. (Quincentennial Studies in the history of the University of Aberdeen) -- 13 The growth of a system (Britain since 1800) -- R. D. Anderson -- Source: R. D. Anderson, Universities and elites in Britain since 1800, published by Macmillan Press for the Economic History Society, 1992, pp. 12-28. -- 14 Development in higher education in the United Kingdom: Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries -- Asa Briggs -- Source: W. R. Niblett (ed.), Higher education: demand and response, Tavistock Publications, London, 1969, pp. 95-116. -- 15 The expansion of higher education (Imperial Austria: 1848-1918) -- Gary B. Cohen -- Source: Gary B. Cohen, Education and middle-class society in Imperial Austria, 1848-1918, Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1996, pp. 75-94 and 514-517. -- 16 Higher education in Poland -- Brian Simon -- Source: Universities Quarterly, Vol. VII, 1952-53, published by Turnstile Press, London, pp. 176-183. -- 17 European rectors and vice-chancellors in conference (The origins of the Conference des Recteurs Européens) -- J. W. Blake -- Source: Universities Quarterly, Vol. X, 1955-56, published by Turnstile Press, London, pp. 15-18. -- 18 Higher education in the British colonies -- Walter Adams -- Source: Universities Quarterly, Vol. I, 1946-47, published by Turnstile Press, London, pp. 145-153. -- 19 The changing political economy: the private and public lives of Canadian universities -- Donald Fisher and Kjell Rubenson -- Source: Jan Currie and Janice Newton (eds.), Universities and globalisation: critical perspectives, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California and London, 1998, pp. 77-98. -- 20 The universities of Australia -- J. D. G. Medley -- Source: Universities Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2, February 1948, published by Turnstile Press, London, pp. 151-158. -- 21 Excerpts from ¿The African university in development¿ -- Asavia Wandira -- Source: Asavia Wandira, The African University in development, Ravan Press, Johannesburg, 1977, pp. 8-36. -- 22 University education in free India -- R. S. Dongerkery -- Source: Universities Quarterly, Vol. V, 1950-51, published by Turnstile Press, London, pp. 72-79. -- 23 General Features and Problems of Higher Education (Modern universities in the Arab world) -- Fahim I. Qubain -- Source: Fahim I. Qubain, Education and science in the Arab world, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, pp. 48-60. -- 24 Models of the Latin American University -- Orlando Albornoz -- Source: Joseph Maier and Richard W. Weatherhead (eds.), The Latin American University, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1979, pp. 123-134. -- 25 The past and future of Asian universities: Twenty-first century challenges -- Philip G. Altbach -- Source: Philip G. Altbach and Toru Umakoshi (eds.), Asian Universities: historical perspectives and contemporary challenges, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004, pp. 13-32. -- 26 Chinese higher education: the legacy of the past and the context of the future -- Weifang Min -- Source: Philip G. Altbach and Toru Umakoshi (eds.),, Asian universities: historical perspectives and contemporary challenges, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland,2004, pp. 53-83. -- 27 Japanese higher education: contemporary reform and the influence of tradition -- Motohisa Kaneko -- Source: Philip G. Altbach and Toru Umakoshi (eds.), Asian universities: historical perspectives and contemporary challenges, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Maryland, 2004, pp. 115-143. -- 28 Higher education and scientific development: the promise of newly industrialising countries (Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan) -- Philip G. Altbach -- Source: Philip G. Altbach et al. (eds.), Scientific development and higher education: the case of newly industrialising nations, Praeger Publishers (a division of Greenwood Press), New York and London, 1989, pp. 3-29. -- Volume 2 -- 29 Concept of a university (The Middle Ages) -- A. B. Cobban -- Source: A. B. Cobban, The mediaeval universities: their development and organisation, Methuen,London, 1975, pp. 21-36. -- 30 What is a university? -- Hastings Rashdall -- Source: Hastings Rashdall, The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages, edition edited by F. M. Powicke and A. B. Emden, Oxford University Press, 1936. Rashdall¿s original publication date was 1893, pp. 2-24. -- 31 Knowledge its own end (The idea of a university) -- John Henry Newman -- Source: John Henry Cardinal Newman, The idea of a university defined and illustrated, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1910, pp. 99-123. -- 32 Loss and gain: John Henry Newman in 2005 -- Sheldon Rothblatt -- Source: Ann Lavan (ed.), The university and society: from Newman to the market, Conference proceedings, UCD College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin, 2006, pp. 15-29. -- 33 The ideal university. Excerpt from ¿The Essence of T. H. Huxley¿ -- T. H. Huxley -- Source: Cyril Bibby (ed.), The essence of T. H. Huxley, Macmillan / St Martin¿s Press, London / New York, 1967, pp.220-230 -- 34 T. H. Huxley¿s idea of a university -- Cyril Bibby -- Source: Universities Quarterly, Vol. X, 1955-56, Turnstile Press, London, pp. 377-390. -- 35 The idea of a modern university -- Abraham Flexner -- Source: A. Flexner, Universities: American, English and German, Oxford University Press, London, 1930, pp. 3-36. -- 36 Adaptation to a democratic age (The older universities of England: Oxford and Cambridge) -- Albert Mansbridge -- Source: A. Mansbridge, The older universities of England: Oxford and Cambridge, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1923, pp. 172-195. -- 37 An experiment in democratic education -- R. H. Tawney -- Source: The Political Quarterly, May 1914, pp. 62-84. -- 38 The nature and aims of a modern university -- Bruce Truscott -- Source: B. Truscot, Red Brick University, Faber and Faber, London, 1943, pp. 45-56. -- 39 Changing conceptions of the university¿s task -- Walter Moberley -- Source: Sir Walter Moberley, The crisis in the university, SCM Press, Ltd., London, 1949, pp. 30-49. -- 40 Excerpt from ¿The universities in transition¿ -- H. C. Dent -- Source: H. C. Dent, The universities in transition, Cohen and West, London, 1961, pp. 15-28. -- 41 The idea of a university and it |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- History.
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| Author |
Lowe, Roy.
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| LC no. |
2008008884 |
| ISBN |
9780415378543 set |
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9780415384698 vol.1, hardback |
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9780415384704 vol. 2, hardback |
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9780415384711 vol. 3, hardback |
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9780415384728 vol. 4, hardback |
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9780415384735 vol. 5, hardback |
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