Britain 1850s: Exporting the Idea of a University to Empire

Glyn Davis

Chapter 2 in The Business Growth Benefits of Higher Education, 2014, pp 7-14 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Universities in the British tradition were not designed to engage with business. Historical legacy instead locks universities into a model that looks to the professions and to academic peers for support and validation.

Keywords: Path Dependency; Royal Commission; Australian High Education; Inaugural Address; British Institution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137320704_2

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