Universities, the Public Good and Professional Education in the UK

Autor/inn/en	East, Linda; Stokes, Rebecca; Walker, Melanie
Titel	Universities, the Public Good and Professional Education in the UK
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 39 (2014) 9, S.1617-1633 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2013.801421
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Professional Education; Individual Development; Prosocial Behavior; Sharing Behavior; Helping Relationship; Poverty; Universities; Human Dignity; Indexes; Ability; Semi Structured Interviews; College Role; Qualitative Research; South Africa; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Berufsausbildung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Helfende Beziehung; Armut; University; Universität; Menschenwürde; Indexdatei; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Qualitative Forschung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Großbritannien
Abstract	In times of economic uncertainty, questions of the purpose and value of higher education come to the fore. Such questions have particular relevance when directed towards the preparation of professionally qualified graduates who might be expected to contribute to the public good. However, definitions of the public good are contested and the role of higher education is unclear. This interview-based study contributes to the debate by taking a professional capabilities index (PCI) generated in South Africa and interrogating it in the UK context. The PCI is oriented towards poverty reduction and is grounded in the human development and capabilities approach, an agenda to which UK respondents were broadly sympathetic although with differences in emphasis. This article argues that, if we are to move beyond a narrow economic understanding of the public good and a purely instrumental understanding of graduate "attributes", the human development and capabilities approach has much to offer. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10