Renzo Rosso

The Decline and Renaissance of Universities

Moving from the Big Brother University to the Slow University

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Produktbeschreibung

Instead of following the Magna Charta Universitatum, the declaration of the principles of knowledge signed in 1988 in Bologna, the academic approach pursued in Europe and the other continents over the past 30 years has strictly employed a utilitarian model of higher education. This jeopardizes academic freedom, shared governance and tenure, the three pillars of the long-established model of universities. Scientific conformism and fragmentation, educational bias and authoritarianism are the major drawbacks, together with a poor readiness to meet the emerging challenges in the labor market and technology. In this book, Renzo Rosso presents a new model for countering these developments, e.g. by establishing novel democratic rules for university governance. The Slow University paradigm positions culture and education as essential tools for the long-term survival of humankind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-20387-0
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 207g
• ISBN-13: 9783030203870
• ISBN-10: 3030203875
• Artikelnr.: 59601445

Autorenporträt

Renzo Rosso has been a professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 1986 to 2021. He received the Borland Award for Hydrology in 2005, and the Henry Darcy Medal by the European Geosciences Union in 2010 for his research contribution to water science and engineering. He published several books and more than 450 papers on hydrological, environmental, statistical and civil engineering issues; and has served as advisor to national and international scientific agencies. His current activities include environmental supervision of large scale engineering works, and science and high education communication as a columnist and blogger in national newspapers and magazines.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction .- The Resistible Rise of Utilitarian University.- The Big Brother University.- The Fall of the Utilitarian Model.- The Renaissance of Universities.- Conclusion.