Our prices are recommended retail prices and are exclusive of shipping costs. We reserve the right to alter prices. We supply to libraries at a discount of 5%. * incl. VAT only applies to Germany and EU customers without VAT Reg No ** incl. VAT only applies to Austria Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Moosstrasse 1 POB 350 CH-2542 Pieterlen / Switzerland Tel. ++41 (0)32 376 17 17 Fax ++41 (0)32 376 17 27 e-mail: info@peterlang.com Website: www.peterlang.com Kwiek, Marek (ed.) The University, Globalization, Central Europe Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2003. 260 pp., 1 table Dia-Logos. Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences. Vol. 3 Edited by Tadeusz Buksinski and Piotr W. Juchacz Print: ISBN 978-3-631-50813-8 pb. (Softcover) SFR 71.00 / €* 62.95 / €** 64.70 / € 58.80 / £ 47.00 / US$ 76.95 Order online: www.peterlang.com Book synopsis This book is devoted to the condition of the university under the pressures of globalization, with particular reference to Central Europe. It is intended as a companion volume for all those who combine their academic and disciplinary research with wider interests in the functioning of higher education institutions under the new pressures affecting Central Europe. Drawing on its interdisciplinary nature and the wide range of scholars involved, it intends to outline a useful map of new, often challenging, areas, topics and concerns to be taken into account in rethinking the function of the university today. Contents Contents: Philip G. Altbach: Academic Freedom: International Realities and Challenges Richard Rorty: Does Academic Freedom Have Philosophical Presuppositions? Stanley N. Katz: Can Liberal Education Cope? Marek Kwiek: The State, the Market, and Higher Education. Challenges for the New Century Roger Deacon/Ben Parker: The Schooling of Citizens, or the Civilizing of Society? Tadeusz Buksinski: The University and Learning in a Situation of Depression Martin Jay: The Menace of Consilience: Keeping the Disciplines Unreconciled Voldemar Tomusk: Towards a Model of Higher Education Reform in Central and East Europe Wolf Lepenies: Im Osten viel Neues. Wissenschaftsund Kulturpolitik für Europa Zbigniew Drozdowicz: Academic Accreditation: a Polish Case Study Marek Kwiek: The Nation-State, Globalization and the Modern Institution of the University. About the author(s)/editor(s) The Editor: Marek Kwiek is professor in the Department of Philosophy and director of the Center for Public Policy at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. A philosopher, social scientist, and higher-education policy analyst, he has published 4 books and over 70 articles and book chapters.