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The very idea of ‘thinking about higher education’ implies two things. Firstly, that it is worthwhile to think seriously and hard about higher education and secondly that higher education opens itself to complexities and options.

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  1. Lifelong and Comparative Education, Institute of Education University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL, UK

    Ronald Barnett

  2. London University, London, UK

    Ronald Barnett

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  1. Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

    Paul Gibbs

  2. Institute of Education, London University, London, United Kingdom

    Ronald Barnett

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Barnett, R. (2014). Thinking about Higher Education. In: Gibbs, P., Barnett, R. (eds) Thinking about Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03254-2_2

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