Welcome! I would like to motivate you to read the following two articles
on Campus as Place and Modern Ideas of a University.
Campus as Place:--
Nexus: Campus as Place is first in a series of reports based on on-going
research of Planning for Higher Education on critical issues facing higher
education and the threads that connect them.
In the above paper..one can read about Changes in Educational Mission, The
Critical Intersections of Capital and Labor in an Information-Based
Economy and The Global Impacts of Higher Education Institutions..More you
can also be able to read..ON The place of the Campus, Place, Identity and
Mission, Challenges to the Campus, Mission Extension via the Campus,
Tension Between New and Traditional Campus Uses, Structural Economic
Changes and Enduring Importances of a Physical Campus and many more
resources.
Full Reading at http://www.scup.org/nexus1.htm
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History of the Idea of a University [**Very Interesting Article**]
by Stan Beeler and David Dowling
The idea that education is something which people should pursue, even into
their adult years, is not new. Every society has individuals who fulfills
specialized roles, and some of these require an extended education.
The authors have discussed the following points in the paper:--
Ancient Greece, Medieval Schools, The Renaissance, Science and
Industrialization, Universities of the World, Great? Moments in the
History of Universities, The Modern idea of a University
Full Reading at http://quarles.unbc.edu/ideas/gen/history/history.html
Most interesting part is (Universities - the Future: What Next?) at
http://quarles.unbc.edu/ideas/gen/history/next.html
Thanking you!
I would like to welcome your thoughts?
Sincerely
Arun Tripathi
--Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
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