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Defending Higher Education: The Crisis of Confidence in the Academy (Key Issues in Higher Education)
Defending Higher Education The Crisis of Confidence in the Academy - Key Issues in Higher Education Author:Dennis Hayes This thought-provoking book exposes the real crisis of confidence in higher education - not caused by funding problems or increased student numbers, but by academics unwilling or unable to defend free and autonomous enquiry. — Government policies introducing programmes of vocational study and educational requirements are endangering a fundamental... more » cornerstone of academic study - the pursuit of knowledge. The challenge this book presents to all academics is to overcome their crisis of confidence and to renew the integrity of higher education as a centre of knowledge creation.« less