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OverviewThis book considers the ethical basis of fundamental university policies with special emphasis on how issues of community and diversity influence education. The authors raise four central questions in this volume:> What should the aims of universities be, given their changed demography?> How should university curricula reflect multicultural society?> Does the new environment require special treatment of campus speech?> What role should affirmative action play in promoting diversity or community in the academy? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mortimer SellersPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Berg Publishers Volume: v. 1 Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.351kg ISBN: 9781859730614ISBN 10: 1859730612 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 10 November 1994 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Some of the essays are very good indeed in exploring precisely what pluralism means within the context of higher education, and they demonstrate that this is a difficult notion to fit into the liberal notion of the university ... British readers will find much of relevance both to them and to their own institutions, and there is some stimulating analysis in this collection.' The Lecturer - NATFE An Anthropology of the European Union: Building, Imagining and Experiencing the New Europe, Irene Bellier and Thomas M. Wilson, eds. Berg: Oxford, New York, 2000. Adopting an anthropological approach, this book explores the quest to construct a sense of common identity at institutional level in the European Union (EU), and is particularly useful in identifying current research on the EU as project and object. The introductory essay by Irene Bellier and Thomas M. Wilson laments the marginalization of culture and identity in the EU and offers a useful overview of different appro 'Some of the essays are very good indeed in exploring precisely what pluralism means within the context of higher education, and they demonstrate that this is a difficult notion to fit into the liberal notion of the university ... British readers will find much of relevance both to them and to their own institutions, and there is some stimulating analysis in this collection.'The Lecturer - NATFEAn Anthropology of the European Union: Building, Imagining and Experiencing the New Europe, Irene Bellier and Thomas M. Wilson, eds. Berg: Oxford, New York, 2000.Adopting an anthropological approach, this book explores the quest to construct a sense of common identity at institutional level in the European Union (EU), and is particularly useful in identifying current research on the EU as project and object. The introductory essay by Irene Bellier and Thomas M. Wilson laments the marginalization of culture and identity in the EU and offers a useful overview of different appro Author InformationMortimer Sellers Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and Associate Professor of Law,University of Baltimore Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |