Implausible dream (Record no. 55446)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691165189 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. |
| Distributor address | ;7/22,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 |
| Bill Number | ;1101838 |
| Bill Date | ;20/09/2019 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 378.01 MIT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | James H Mittelman |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Implausible dream |
| Remainder of title | : the world-class university and repurposing higher education |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /James H Mittelman |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Princeton, N.J. |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Princeton University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xviii,261 Pages |
| Dimensions | ;26 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 2950 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Contents note | Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""List of Illustrations and Tables""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""A Note on Terminology""; ""INTRODUCTION Questions and Arguments ""; ""PART I GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE""; ""CHAPTER 1 A Crisis of Purpose "" ""CHAPTER 2 Contending Purposes of Modern Universities """"CHAPTER 3 Drivers of Reform ""; ""PART II CASE STUDIES"" ""CHAPTER 4 The Neoliberal Model: The United States """"CHAPTER 5 A Social Democratic Path: Finland ""; ""CHAPTER 6 Postcolonial Experience: Uganda "" ""PART III OUTCOMES""""CHAPTER 7 Polymorphism ""; ""CHAPTER 8 Plausible Alternatives |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Why the paradigm of the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions of higher education Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core missions of cultivating democratic citizenship, fostering critical thinking, and safeguarding academic freedom. In the contest to raise their national and global profiles, universities are embracing a new form of utilitarianism, one that favors market power over academic values. In this book, James Mittelman explains why the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions and proposes viable alternatives that can help universities thrive in today's competitive global environment. Mittelman traces how the scale, reach, and impact of higher-education institutions expanded exponentially in the post-World War II era, and how the market-led educational model became widespread. Drawing on his own groundbreaking fieldwork, he offers three case studies--the United States, which exemplifies market-oriented educational globalization; Finland, representative of the strong public sphere; and Uganda, a postcolonial country with a historically public but now increasingly private university system. Mittelman shows that the "world-class" paradigm is untenable for all but a small group of wealthy, research-intensive universities, primarily in the global North. Nevertheless, institutions without substantial material resources and in far different contexts continue to aspire to world-class stature. An urgent wake-up call, Implausible Dream argues that universities are repurposing at the peril of their high principles and recommends structural reforms that are more practical than the unrealistic worldwide measures of excellence prevalent today. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Universities and colleges. |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Educational change |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | James H Mittelman |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 01/10/2019 | Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. | 2950.00 | 1 | 378.01 MIT | 26962 | 21/02/2024 | 08/11/2019 | 01/10/2019 | Books |
