Higher education and the transformation of society
The relationship between the development of mass higher education and the emergence of a knowledge society, and a new global economy, is of crucial importance but poorly understood, in both theoretical and empirical terms. The more intense and direct this relationship becomes, the more complex, and at times contested. Mass higher education and knowledge society intersect at an increasing number of points, from the production of technical experts to the development of a graduate culture that pervades society. This relationship is analysed under five headings: democratic participation, civil soc ... Show more
Authors: Scott, Peter
Published: Oxford, England, Elsevier, 2010
Resource type: Book chapter
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