The University in its Place Social and Cultural Perspectives on the Regional Role of Universities /

• Main Authors: Brennan, John (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Cochrane, Allan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lebeau, Yann (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Williams, Ruth (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Higher education.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Higher Education.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book sets out to understand the significance of geographical context - place - for universities in the globalised setting of the twenty-first century. It examines their social impact on the regions in which they are situated, both from the perspectives of the universities themselves and from th...