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Bligh, Donald A.

Understanding higher education : an introduction for parents, staff, employers, and students / Donald Bligh, Harold Thomas & Ian McNay ; [foreword by Baroness Blackstone]. - Exeter, England : Intellect, 1999. - 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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


English.

ISBN: 0585210977 9780585210971

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education, Higher--Great Britain.
Education, Higher--History.--Great Britain
Higher education and state--Great Britain.
College students--Great Britain.
EDUCATION--Higher.
College students.
Education, Higher.
Higher education and state.
History of Education.
Education.
Social Sciences.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: LA637 / .B59 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 378.41