Higher Education and Its Communities - Hardcover

Society For Research Into Higher Education Conference

9780335207343: Higher Education and Its Communities

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335207340 ISBN 13: 9780335207343

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 2001

Explores how the nature of academic communities in the UK is changing under accountability and resource constraints, and explains the positions of higher education institutions in relation to their regional communities, minority groups, and the European Community. Topics include the impact of industry links on academics, lifelong learning in the workplace, and virtual learning communities. Contributors are researchers and academics in education and institutional studies. McNay teaches higher education and management and heads the School of Post Compulsory Education and Training at the University of Greenwich. Material originated at a 1999 annual conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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