The Idea of Academic Responsibility

Understanding the Purpose of Universities
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-5292-6408-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Academic freedom is widely recognized as a cornerstone of higher education, yet its counterpart, academic responsibility, has received remarkably little attention.

This timely book addresses that gap by presenting academic responsibility as a voluntary commitment to apply academic expertise to society's most pressing challenges. Tracing the evolution of higher education's mission through ideas such as engagement, impact, social responsibility and decolonization, Brink develops a compelling conceptual framework that places academic responsibility alongside academic freedom.

Essential reading for academics, university leaders and policymakers, this book offers a fresh perspective on what universities owe society and why that question matters more than ever.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brink, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturpolitik, Kulturmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Changing Mission of Higher Education

1. The Magna Charta Universitatum

2. The Idea of Engagement

3. The Idea of Responsiveness

4. The Idea of Impact

5. The Idea of University Social Responsibility

6. The Idea of Decolonization

Part II: Conceptual Framework

7. On Purpose

8. On Individuals and Collectives

9. On Freedom and Rights

10. On Duality

11. On Freedom and Responsibility

Part III: Advocacy

12. The Idea of Academic Freedom

13. The Orthodoxies of Academia

14. The Idea of Academic Responsibility

15. Arguments Contra and Pro

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Brink, Chris
Chris Brink has held senior university leadership positions in South Africa, Australia, the UK and Hong Kong. He is the author of The Soul of a University: Why Excellence Is Not Enough.