The Institution of Intellectual Values: Realism and Idealism in Higher Education (St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs)

This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities; The Recovery of an Idea. It contains chapters on the history of the universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of humanities, interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming universities, intellectual integrity and the realities of funding, and spiritual values and the knowledge economy.