@article{1437823,
      recid = {1437823},
      author = {Bengtsen, Søren S. E., and Robinson, Sarah, and Shumar,  Wesley,},
      title = {The university becoming : perspectives from philosophy and  social theory /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      note = {Papers from the first two annual Philosophy and Theory of  Higher Education Conferences, "The Purpose of the Future  University", Aarhus University, 2017, and "Student Being  and Becoming in the Future University", Middlesex  University, 2018.},
      abstract = {This volume wholeheartedly engages with the current  climate in higher education and provides not only a  thorough analysis of the foundational elements constituting  higher education but also a critical discussion of possible  connections to societal and cultural domains and policy  debates. Today, higher education institutions and programs  are beset with multiple, and often conflicting, pressures  and demands. Higher education is regarded by societies in  general, and at the political level in particular, as a  pathway to securing continued economic growth and ensuring  cultural growth in surrounding societal contexts. Future  academics are expected to become experts within their  disciplines and at the same time to acquire and develop  generic competences and transferable skills directly  translatable into job market and professional contexts.  These conflicting and fragmented policy approaches to  higher education leaves academic leaders, teacher,  researchers, and students with an incoherent curriculum and  a confused and eroded academic identity and societal  outlook. Much literature within higher education research  that engages with similar topics are dominated by a  backwards-looking and heavy critique of current political  and educational conditions for the university and higher  education. This volume suggests a new tack that is defined  by openness and optimism towards possibilities for a  transformative higher education curriculum-- that at the  same time stays firmly rooted within the foundational  academic soil. By drawing on, and contributing to, the  emerging research field the philosophy and theory of higher  education, the book combines critique with a constructive  and future-oriented approach and outlook on higher  education. Further, it combines and links philosophical  discussions on the idea of the future university with  societal responsibility and a curricular and formational  awareness.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1437823},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69628-3},
}