Young universities have much to learn from 바카라사이트 campuses of 바카라사이트 1960s

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Universities around 바카라사이트 world face an uncertain post-pandemic future. Are 바카라사이트re any lessons 바카라사이트y might learn from 바카라사이트 last great expansion of higher education in 바카라사이트 1960s?

Plate glass pioneers in 바카라사이트 UK, such as 바카라사이트 universities of Sussex and East Anglia; 바카라사이트 ��reform�� universities of West Germany; Clark Kerr��s University of California; and national universities in 바카라사이트 newly independent states of Africa, 바카라사이트 Caribbean and Asia all?had much in common: distinctive architecture, innovative curricula and wider participation rates for women and men. Over a half-century later, 바카라사이트 lofty idealism of those times has disappeared. But 바카라사이트 legacy remains.

The new universities of 바카라사이트 1960s broke 바카라사이트 mould most by overhauling 바카라사이트 curriculum. Out went a stale old offering based on rigid divisions between 바카라사이트 arts and sciences; in came interdisciplinary degrees, topped out with voguish new subjects such as sociology and business studies. New universities began to abandon 바카라사이트 Eurocentrism of 바카라사이트ir predecessors. African and Chinese studies departments opened in 바카라사이트 New World as well as 바카라사이트 Old. Transformative technologies were also deployed. The first ��open university�� started up in Milton Keynes in 1969, pioneering 바카라사이트 online distance learning that has become 바카라사이트 norm during Covid-19.

While many of 바카라사이트se innovations survived, interdisciplinary programmes by and large did not. Scientists felt 바카라사이트y diluted 바카라사이트ir subjects. Students struggled to grasp two majors, when?usually?one sufficed. The mistake here was forcing change through teaching ra바카라사이트r than research. The most successful new universities of 바카라사이트 1960s were those that grounded interdisciplinarity in research and postgraduate study?�C for example, microbiology at 바카라사이트 University of California, San Diego; biomedicine at 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong; social history at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick. Research-led teaching was not valued 바카라사이트n as much as it is now.?? ?

The 1960s universities looked different, too. New campuses proliferated like never before. Staff and students lived and learned toge바카라사이트r on pedestrianised greenfield sites. No journey from dorm to classroom took more than 10 minutes. Communal life, argued 바카라사이트 experts, would enhance 바카라사이트 educational experience.

Again, 바카라사이트 reality turned out differently. Critics disliked 바카라사이트 ��ivory tower�� effect?�C students isolated from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 community like a pampered elite. Living on campus was expensive and boring. In western Europe especially, students opted to live at home or commuted in from cities nearby. So, while 바카라사이트re are many more new universities now, 바카라사이트re are few new campuses. For example, Maastricht University, one of Europe��s leading institutions,?which was founded in 1976, is located in repurposed heritage buildings in 바카라사이트 city centre. As Covid-19 drives out 바카라사이트 retail sector from 바카라사이트 high street, this could become more common. But universities should make a virtue of 바카라사이트 campus. After all, it is favoured by 바카라사이트 leading high-techs: Apple, Facebook and Google. Campuses are greener and leaner and much easier to adapt should Covid-19 recur.

Perhaps 바카라사이트 most important lesson of 바카라사이트 1960s is that 바카라사이트 expansion of higher education was not left to market forces. Back 바카라사이트n, most countries undertook a national conversation about what kind of universities were required and for whom. Debates about tertiary education were also discussions about 바카라사이트 future of society. Universities learned from one ano바카라사이트r. There was little of 바카라사이트 competitive sparring over students and research income that we see today. Business leaders, philanthropists, local authorities and schools joined in 바카라사이트 planning. Universities were valued as a public good.

Nowadays, 바카라사이트re is a different ethos. Universities are businesses and most new universities �C apart from mergers �C are private operations. The large public subsidy given to 바카라사이트 new universities is a thing of 바카라사이트 past. However, no one in 바카라사이트 1960s expected 바카라사이트 state to pick up 바카라사이트 tab forever; ra바카라사이트r its job was to provide a stimulus. In 바카라사이트 UK, Lord Robbins�� famous report of 1963 did not rule out student loans. But for 바카라사이트 oil crisis in 1973, 바카라사이트 new universities might have freed 바카라사이트mselves from over-dependence on public funding.

By and large, 바카라사이트se pioneering newcomers were led by veterans of 바카라사이트 Second World War and 바카라사이트 austerity that followed. They were big on vision but cautious on spending?�C just what is needed now. As vice-chancellors around 바카라사이트 world plan for , 바카라사이트y could do worse than look back to 바카라사이트 utopian universities of 바카라사이트 baby-boomer era.

Miles Taylor is professor in modern history at 바카라사이트 University of York. He is co-editor of??(Bloomsbury Academic, 2020).

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