دانلود کتاب The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities

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Front Cover\nHalf title\nEndorsment\nThe Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities\nCopyright information\nDedication\nTable of contents\nPreface and acknowledgements\n1 Is that a ‘university’? I’m not sure\n A resumé\n The research university\n What about the other universities?\n Excellence\nPart I The research university\n 2 So what is a ‘university’? Part 1\n The infrastructure\n Academics\n Online learning\n Contract research staff\n Research support staff\n Postgraduate students\n Administrators\n 3 So what is a ‘university’? Part 2\n Undergraduate students\n Freedom of speech\n Parents\n Other constituencies\n Council\n Alumni\n Donors\n Local communities\n Business\nPart II The contemporary British university system\n 4 A new Robbins? Recent changes in British universities\n The changes\n The take-down?\n Through the wringer\n 5 The hardy perennials\n Public or private?\n Access\n Funding teaching\n Funding research\n Research integrity\n Pensions\n League tables\n Autonomy – or the lack of it\n The Office for Students\n So why bother with intermediaries?\n So why autonomy?\n Dissatisfaction\n 6 The Australianisation of British higher education\n Risky business?\n Growth and more growth\n The consequences of the growth machine\n The problem of leadership\n A coming financial crisis?\n 7 On vice-chancelloring – a footnote\n What do vice-chancellors do?\n Leading a research university\n Summary\nPart III The research university of the future\n 8 So what is a research university?\n What is a university for?\n Duties\n A loss of research excellence?\n Too much\n Research culture\n Discovery research\n In the wrong place\n 9 Redesigning the research university\n Redesigning the university system\n For policy\n For teaching\n For research universities\n Redesigning universities\n Go small\n Scale back\n Grow substantially\n Different forms of collaboration\n Testudo\n International cooperation\n Conglomerating research centres\n Give up the ghost\n A parting shot\nNotes\nReferences\nIndex\nBack Cover