Utopian Universities: A Global History of the New Campuses of the 1960s (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350227385)

In a remarkable decade of public investment in higher education, some 200 new university campuses were established worldwide between 1961 and 1970. This volume offers a comparative and connective global history of these institutions, illustrating how their establishment, intellectual output and pedagogical experimentation sheds light on the social and cultural topography of the long 1960s.

With an impressive geographic coverage - using case studies from Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia - the book explores how these universities have influenced academic disciplines and pioneered new types of teaching, architectural design and student experience. From educational reform in West Germany to the establishment of new institutions with progressive, interdisciplinary curricula in the Commonwealth, the illuminating case studies of this volume demonstrate how these universities shared in a common cause: the embodiment of 'utopian' ideals of living, learning and governance.

At a time when the role of higher education is fiercely debated, Utopian Universities is a timely and considered intervention that offers a wide-ranging, historical dimension to contemporary predicaments.

Author: Miles Taylor
ISBN-10: 1350227382
ISBN-13: 9781350227385
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2022
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.86d