The Institution of Intellectual Values: Realism and Idealism in Higher Education (St. Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs)

This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities; The Recovery of an Idea. It contains chapters on the history of the universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of humanities, interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming universities, intellectual integrity and the realities of funding, and spiritual values and the knowledge economy. Cover ......Page 1 Contents ......Page 2 Title Page ......Page 3 Publisher Information ......Page 4 Introduction ......Page 5 Universities: The recovery of an idea ......Page 11 Human nature and the study of the humanities ......Page 174 Interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study ......Page 187 Information systems and the concept of a library ......Page 197 The prospects for e-learning ......Page 212 Intellectual integrity and the realities of funding ......Page 229 Spiritual values and the knowledge economy ......Page 243 Reforming universities: How to lose the plot ......Page 262 References ......Page 284 Also Available ......Page 286 This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea. It contains chapters on the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of the humanities, interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming universities, intellectual integrity and the realities of funding, and spiritual values and the knowledge economy.

This is a revised and expanded version of the much-praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea. It addresses the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management/funding of universities; human nature and the study of the humanities; interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study; information systems and the concept of a library; the prospects for e-learning; reforming universities; intellectual integrity and the realities of funding; and spiritual values and the knowledge economy.

Annotation. This is a revised and expanded version of the much-praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea. It addresses the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management/funding of universities; human nature and the study of the humanities; interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study; information systems and the concept of a library; the prospects for e-learning; reforming universities; intellectual integrity and the realities of funding; and spiritual values and the knowledge economy Cover 1 Contents 2 Front Matter 3 Title Page 3 Publisher Information 4 Introduction 5 The Essays 11 Universities: The recovery of an idea 11 Human nature and the study of the humanities 174 Interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study 187 Information systems and the concept of a library 197 The prospects for e-learning 212 Intellectual integrity and the realities of funding 229 Spiritual values and the knowledge economy 243 Reforming universities: How to lose the plot 262 Back Matter 284 References 284 Also Available 286 "This is a revised and expanded version of the much-praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea."--book jacket The opening and longest essay in this collection is a revised version of a short book published in 2002. Gordon Graham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.