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Edited by
The
challenges which higher education currently face are discussed in this collection
from a unique and radical perspective: that of universities contributing to
the re-creation of their own communities, and in turn being re-made by those
communities. The question of community is at the heart of the analysis.
This perspective involves questioning the notion of community. There is an evident contradiction between a university which serves a local economic community through business links and one which defines service to the community as the empowerment through education of the diverse groups of people living in its neighbourhood.
Using the insights gained from this approach, the contributors look to what the very notion of a university might be in the late twentieth century.
'The editors are to be congratulated ... this is a most useful volume and anyone concerned with the issues of lifelong learning and social, cultural and community development should make every effort to become acquainted with the book' The Lecturer
'This is a very useful digest of many of the issues and policy concerns affecting university adult and continuing education today. I would certainly recommend buying this volume.' Derek Cox, Journal of Access Studies