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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Academic freedom is widely recognized as a cornerstone of higher education, yet its counterpart, academic responsibility, has received rem...
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  • 01 March 2027
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Academic freedom is widely recognized as a cornerstone of higher education, yet its counterpart, academic responsibility, has received remarkably little attention.

This timely book addresses that gap by presenting academic responsibility as a voluntary commitment to apply academic expertise to society's most pressing challenges. Tracing the evolution of higher education's mission through ideas such as engagement, impact, social responsibility and decolonization, Brink develops a compelling conceptual framework that places academic responsibility alongside academic freedom.

Essential reading for academics, university leaders and policymakers, this book offers a fresh perspective on what universities owe society and why that question matters more than ever.

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Price: $44.95
Pages: 176
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 01 March 2027
ISBN: 9781529264081
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social and ethical issues, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Higher education, tertiary education, Business ethics and social responsibility, Moral and social purpose of education, Cultural policies and debates
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Chris Brink has held senior university leadership positions in South Africa, Australia, the UK and Hong Kong. He is the author of The Soul of a University: Why Excellence Is Not Enough.

Preface

Introduction

Part I: The Changing Mission of Higher Education

1. The Magna Charta Universitatum

2. The Idea of Engagement

3. The Idea of Responsiveness

4. The Idea of Impact

5. The Idea of University Social Responsibility

6. The Idea of Decolonisation

Part II: Conceptual Framework

7. On Purpose

8. On Individuals and Collectives

9. On Freedom and Rights

10. On Duality

11. On Freedom and Responsibility

Part III: Advocacy

12. The Idea of Academic Freedom

13. The Orthodoxies of Academia

14. The Idea of Academic Responsibility

15. Arguments Contra and Pro

Conclusion