Jakiego chcemy uniwersytetu?
What Kind of University Do We Want?
Author(s): Jerzy Marian BrzezińskiSubject(s): Psychology, Civil Society, Sociology, Higher Education , History of Education, State/Government and Education, Sociology of Education, American Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: university; mission of the university; entrepreneurial universities; academic culture vs. corporate culture; autonomy; freedom; democracy; tradition; formation mission;
Summary/Abstract: Brzeziński examines the threats for the classic concept of university rooted in the reform of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin introduced by Wilhelm von Humboldt (1812). The canon of values linked to “academic culture” is being supplanted by a set of values (or, rather, anti-values) characteristic of “corporate culture” (with the underlying approach expressed in B. R. Clark’s book: Entrepreneurial universities). Universities should carry out three missions: aiming for the truth (scientific research), delivering knowledge (teaching), and undertaking formation work (education). What is essential for the university is not just to focus on scientific achievements and knowledge transfer but also to shape new elites for a democratic, free, open, and creative civic society.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 397-407
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish
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