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The soul of a university : (Record no. 233872)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 1015864274
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 180507s2018 enka b 001 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1529200342
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781529200348
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1015864274
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)on1015864274
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency YDX
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency YDX
Modifying agency CDX
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number LC191 .B75 2018
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brink, Chris,
Dates associated with a name 1951-
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The soul of a university :
Remainder of title why excellence is not enough /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Chris Brink.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Bristol, UK :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Bristol University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2018.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xix, 385 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Source rdacontent.
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia.
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro; THE SOUL OF A UNIVERSITY; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction; 1. The Standard Model University; A mathematician's apology; Extrapolation; The Platonic idea of a university; The era of the ologies; Cracks in the ivory tower; 2. Rankings and League Tables; The rise of the rankers; How to build a ranking; 15 varieties of ranking; Reality check; The rankings effect; 3. Quality in Higher Education; Plato, Aristotle and are��te; Quality and standards; More like a shape than a number; Reality check; The burden of good intentions. 4. Tales of Quality, Equality and DiversityCape Town; Stellenbosch; England; Quality needs diversity; 5. Rank Order of Worth; On merit; Schools; Equal opportunity?; Mind the gap; 6. Linear Thinking; The idea of the ladder; The peril of arithmetic; Invented, not discovered; Comparison `"ranking; The poverty of linearism; 7. Another Dimension; A mathematician's contribution; Two Aristotelian precepts; Orthogonality; Lateral research; 8. Ideas of a Civic University; A sense of purpose; Redbrick and the like; Paris, 1277; Reality check; The good orthogonal to the true. Not a ladder but a landscapeEPILOGUE; On the Supreme Good (De Summo Bono); Notes; Index.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Education, Higher
General subdivision Social aspects.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Stacks 05/13/2019   LC191 .B75 2018 33039001451748 10/02/2023 1 Book

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