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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Brennan, John (Συγγραφέας, 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)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Contexts: Do Universities Make a Difference?
• Chapter 1 Introduction: On Universities and Their 'Places'. - Chapter 2 Universities, Social Change and Transformation: Global Perspectives
• Chapter 3 Universities in Their Contexts: Policy Drivers and History
• Part II Making a Difference: To What and To Whom?
• Chapter 4 Universities, Economic Development and Regeneration
• Chapter 5 Image, Culture and the Drivers and Resistances to Change
• Chapter 6 Universities, Community Engagement and the 'Public Good'
• Chapter 7 Universities and Social Disadvantage
• Part III Conclusions and Implications: Making a Better Difference
• Chapter 8 The Regional Role Of Universities: Some Answered and Unanswered Questions
• Chapter 9 Universities Making a Difference: Balancing the Global and the Local.