The modern university and its discontents : the fate of Newman's legacies in Britain and America /
Rothblatt, Sheldon.
The modern university and its discontents : the fate of Newman's legacies in Britain and America / Fate of Newman's legacies in Britain and America Sheldon Rothblatt. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (xiv, 461 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The idea of the idea of a university and its antithesis -- 2. 'Consult the Genius of the Place' -- 3. 'The first undergraduates, recognizable as such' -- 4. Failure -- 5. Historical and comparative remarks on the 'federal principle' in higher education -- Interlude: General introduction to Chapters six and seven -- 6. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 1. 'The awkward interval' -- 7. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 2. The market and the University of London -- 8. Alternatives: 1. The importance of being unattached -- 9. Alternatives: 2. Born to have no rest.
This series of interlinked essays takes the form of historical 'voyages' around the Victorian intellectual John Henry Newman, and Newman's classic work The Idea of a University, as well as changes in the structure and culture of universities which occurred in Newman's lifetime. The voyages connect nineteenth- and twentieth-century university history, mainly in Britain and the United States but with side excursions to continental Europe. Among the many important topics discussed are the history of student communities in Oxford and Cambridge, the growth of a modern examinations culture, university architecture and the use of space in connection with educational ideals, urbanism and universities, and the competition of states, markets and academic guilds for the control of universities and the right to define the missions of university professors.
0511006349 9780511006340 9780511582943 0511582943 9780521453318 0521453313 9780521025010 052102501X
Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
Education, Higher--History.--Great Britain
Education, Higher--History.--United States
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Enseignement supérieur--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Enseignement supérieur--Histoire.--États-Unis
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--Grande-Bretagne.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Höheres Bildungswesen
Hoger onderwijs.
Great Britain.
United States.
Großbritannien
USA.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
LA636 / .R67 1997eb
378.41
The modern university and its discontents : the fate of Newman's legacies in Britain and America / Fate of Newman's legacies in Britain and America Sheldon Rothblatt. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (xiv, 461 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The idea of the idea of a university and its antithesis -- 2. 'Consult the Genius of the Place' -- 3. 'The first undergraduates, recognizable as such' -- 4. Failure -- 5. Historical and comparative remarks on the 'federal principle' in higher education -- Interlude: General introduction to Chapters six and seven -- 6. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 1. 'The awkward interval' -- 7. Supply and demand in the writing of university history since about 1790: 2. The market and the University of London -- 8. Alternatives: 1. The importance of being unattached -- 9. Alternatives: 2. Born to have no rest.
This series of interlinked essays takes the form of historical 'voyages' around the Victorian intellectual John Henry Newman, and Newman's classic work The Idea of a University, as well as changes in the structure and culture of universities which occurred in Newman's lifetime. The voyages connect nineteenth- and twentieth-century university history, mainly in Britain and the United States but with side excursions to continental Europe. Among the many important topics discussed are the history of student communities in Oxford and Cambridge, the growth of a modern examinations culture, university architecture and the use of space in connection with educational ideals, urbanism and universities, and the competition of states, markets and academic guilds for the control of universities and the right to define the missions of university professors.
0511006349 9780511006340 9780511582943 0511582943 9780521453318 0521453313 9780521025010 052102501X
Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
Education, Higher--History.--Great Britain
Education, Higher--History.--United States
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Enseignement supérieur--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Enseignement supérieur--Histoire.--États-Unis
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--Grande-Bretagne.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Höheres Bildungswesen
Hoger onderwijs.
Great Britain.
United States.
Großbritannien
USA.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
LA636 / .R67 1997eb
378.41