The Cultural Legitimacy of the European University
Titel:
The Cultural Legitimacy of the European University
Auteur:
Marga, Andrei
Verschenen in:
Higher education in Europe
Paginering:
Jaargang 31 (2006) nr. 4 pagina's 425-438
Jaar:
2006-12
Inhoud:
If we take into account the growing functional differentiation in the late modernity, and the changes in society, knowledge, as well as the new needs, then there are reasons to question the activity profile of many institutions of today (political, military, communicational, commercial, etc.). In the case of the university, the changes involve fundamental aspects, such that the second oldest institution in Europe - after the Church - is requested to legitimise itself once again in a society already torn away from the continuity of history and reconfigured as a result of reorganisation of its own resources: money, administrative power, knowledge, information, culture. The author approaches the legitimacy of the European university, its cultural legitimacy by evoking the initial legitimization of universities which modelled the history of European higher education, by identifying the mission and the functions of the European university, and by showing the challenges that the legitimization of the European university faces today, and by highlighting its cultural profile.
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