Reconsidering the social and economic purposes of higher education
Reconsidering the social and economic purposes of higher education
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重新考虑高等教育的社会和经济目的
DOI：
10.1080/07294360.2010.539596
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
J. McArthur
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作者：
J. McArthur
在这篇文章中，我试图重新思考高等教育的社会和经济目的。它首先假设，似乎有一个总的趋势，政府定位高等教育主要是在经济方面，它可以履行的作用。然而，这种趋势引起了相当多的批评。在这篇文章中，我认为高等教育的问题不在于它具有经济作用，而在于这种作用往往被概念化的方式的狭隘性。借鉴批判理论，我探讨了高等教育和更广泛的社会，它所处的经济和社会因素的相互关系。本文主张重新定义高等教育的目的，以确保大学和工作场所都是人类创造力的场所，高等教育机构内的深刻和令人兴奋的工作使社会所有成员受益。
In this article I seek to reconsider the social and economic purposes of higher education. It begins with the premise that there appears to be a general trend towards governments positioning higher education primarily in terms of the economic role that it can fulfil. Such a trend, however, has attracted considerable criticism. In this article I argue that the problem for higher education is not it having an economic role, but the narrowness of the way in which that role is often conceptualised. Drawing on critical theory I explore the interrelation of economic and social factors within higher education and the wider society in which it is situated. This article argues for a redefinition of the purposes of higher education to ensure that both universities and workplaces are sites of human creativity and that the profound and exciting work within institutions of higher education benefits all members of society.