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Understanding higher education : an introduction for parents, staff, employers, and students / Donald Bligh, Harold Thomas & Ian McNay ; [foreword by Baroness Blackstone].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Exeter, England : Intellect, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585210977
  • 9780585210971
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding higher education.DDC classification:
  • 378.41 21
LOC classification:
  • LA637 .B59 1999eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1 Some Misconceptions 1 -- Chapter 2 What is Higher Education For? 7 -- Chapter 3 How the System Developed 16 -- Chapter 4 Understanding the New Higher Education System 33 -- Chapter 5 Is it Worth Entering Higher Education? 39 -- Chapter 6 Students in the System: access and participation 46 -- Chapter 7 Ways of Learning 61 -- Chapter 8 Assessment of Students 78 -- Chapter 9 Projects and Research 90 -- Chapter 10 What Academic Freedom is, Why it Matters 104 -- Chapter 11 Pressures for Accountability 110 -- Chapter 12 The Government and Finance of Institutions 117 -- Chapter 13 What are Academics Really Like? 126 -- Chapter 14 The Shape of Things to Come 138.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 Some Misconceptions 1 -- Chapter 2 What is Higher Education For? 7 -- Chapter 3 How the System Developed 16 -- Chapter 4 Understanding the New Higher Education System 33 -- Chapter 5 Is it Worth Entering Higher Education? 39 -- Chapter 6 Students in the System: access and participation 46 -- Chapter 7 Ways of Learning 61 -- Chapter 8 Assessment of Students 78 -- Chapter 9 Projects and Research 90 -- Chapter 10 What Academic Freedom is, Why it Matters 104 -- Chapter 11 Pressures for Accountability 110 -- Chapter 12 The Government and Finance of Institutions 117 -- Chapter 13 What are Academics Really Like? 126 -- Chapter 14 The Shape of Things to Come 138.

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