Books Details
Author : Paul Ashwin Pages : 176 pages Publisher : Bloomsbury
Academic Language : ISBN-10 : 1350157236 ISBN-13 :
9781350157231
Books Descriptions
What is a university degree for? What can it offer to students?
Is it only about getting a job? How can we measure the quality
of an undergraduate degree?Paul Ashwin shows how, around the
world, economic arguments have come to dominate our thinking
about the purpose and nature of university education. He argues
that we have lost a sense of the educational purposes of an
undergraduate degree and the ways in which going to university
can transform students' lives.Ashwin challenges a series of
myths related to the purposes, educational processes, and
quality of an undergraduate education. He argues that these
myths have fuelled the current misunderstanding of the
educational aspects of higher education and explores what is
needed to reinvigorate our understanding of a university
education. Throughout, Ashwin draws on his deep engagement with
international research to offer an accessible and thought-
provoking analysis of the nature of university education.
