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Uniwersytet pod ostrzałem
The university under fire

Author(s): Urszula Zbrzeźniak
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: education; philosophy; instrumental reason; democracy

Summary/Abstract: This essay discusses the main perspectives in the contemporary debate on university. In recent years the university became one of the most problematic institutions of our society. Debate on the future of the university began in the moment of transition from the industrial societies to the post-industrial societies. In the second half of the 20th century we witnessed a long process of replacing the old form of university by the institution of multiversity or a university governed by the rule of excellence. The process of transformation of university is still discussed within the academic milieu and we can observe a constant proliferation of critical approaches which tend to undermine conviction that the ongoing process of subjugation of the university to the economic rules is inevitable.

  • Issue Year: 241/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 48-62
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish