Back to the University's Future The Second Coming of Humboldt

This volume addresses the central question facing the future of higher education around the world, whether and why universities need to exist at all. This book accepts the question’s premise: It is not clear that the university is any longer needed as an institution -- that is, unless its defenders...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fuller, Steve
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Learning from the Original Humboldtian Context
  • 2 Translation as a Key Activity in the Humboldtian Vision
  • 3 Judgement as a Key Attitude in the Humboldtian Vision
  • 4 Academic Professionalism in the Humboldtian Vision
  • 5 Knowledge as a Public Good in the Humboldtian Vision
  • 6 Historical Awareness as a Guide to the Future in the Humboldtian Vision
  • 7 Conclusion – Turning Humboldt’s Dream into a Reality Today