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Beyond Neo-Liberalism: Higher Education in Europe and the Global Public Good

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In Europe, “the University” is considered to be one of altogether two societal institutions (the other one being the church) that have survived the centuries. This long-term survival could not have happened without change.

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Acknowledgments

The author appreciates the input of Zarko Dragsic to parts of section “Relationships Between Higher Education, the State and Society” and of Amanda Schimunek to parts of section “Ideas for the University of the Twenty-first Century”.

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  1. Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glagow, Scotland, UK

    Barbara M. Kehm

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Kehm, B.M. (2014). Beyond Neo-Liberalism: Higher Education in Europe and the Global Public Good. In: Gibbs, P., Barnett, R. (eds) Thinking about Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03254-2_7

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