Assessing the contributions of higher education : : knowledge for a disordered world / / edited by Simon Marginson [and three others].
"Despite the broad engagement of higher education institutions in most social sectors, limited thinking and hyper-individualistic approaches have dominated discussions of their value to society. Advocating a more rigorous and comprehensive approach, this insightful book discusses the broad rang...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: higher education and the contributions problem
- PART I Concepts and perspectives
- 2. Intrinsic and extrinsic outcomes of higher education
- 3. Contributions of higher education to society: towards conceptualisation
- 4. Higher education as student self-formation
- PART II Global contributions and comparisons
- 5. Higher education, science and the climate crisis
- 6. Opportunities and challenges for open higher education systems in global context
- 7. A comparison of Chinese and Anglo-American ideas about higher education and public good
- 8. US-China collaboration in science for the global common good
- PART III Contributions to economy, polity, government and culture
- 9. Graduate employability and employment
- 10. UNESCO's common good idea of higher education and democracy
- 11. Understanding the contributions of higher education through the politics of reform
- 12. The professoriate and public policy
- 13. Cultural contributions of higher education
- 14. Higher education and regional elite formation in Russia
- Index.