British Universities Past and Present

By: Robert Anderson

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1 October 2006 | Edition Number 1

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23.4 x 15.6 x 2.54

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Universities are a major part of the modern British educational system and at the forefront of political debate. They have, however, changed in nature, as well as expanding in number, since the first foundations of medieval times. For centuries, Oxford and Cambridge, the only English universities, provided a clerical education and, later, a classical education for the elite.
Since the nineteenth century university provision has steadily increased, with civic and then redbrick universities offering a wide spectrum of subjects even before the massive expansion of recent times.
British Universities Past and Present is a succinct survey of the history of British universities as a whole. It shows the external and internal forces, from government regulation and finance to changes in educational outlook and specific reports, that have shaped the universities we have today. Current issues of policy cannot be fully understood without taking the historical perspective into account.

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...a thought-provoking addition to narratives treating the evolution of British universities and their relationships with broader society... British Universities Past and Present is an expertly researched monograph of the evolution of the education system in England and Scotland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries... [and] serves as an essential reference for various parliamentary acts and intellectual trends within the last few centuries.--Sanford Lakoff

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