Ellis, H. orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-0340 (2019) Beyond the university : higher education institutions across time and space. In: Fitzgerald, T., (ed.) Handbook of Historical Studies in Education : Debates, Tensions, and Directions. Springer International Handbooks of Education . Springer, Singapore , pp. 1-17. ISBN 9789811009426
Abstract
This chapter makes the case for a history of higher education institutions which looks beyond the university. Building on recent historiographical developments, it argues that the history of higher education must not be limited to the history of the university, an institution fixed in space and time, but must rather adopt a transnational and transhistorical approach. It also argues for a broader definition of “institution” which includes concepts, ideas, and practices which have become “institutionalized” alongside traditional understandings of institutions as sites with fixed locations and physical forms. Beginning with an exploration of higher education and learning across the globe in the ancient world, it goes on to study significant developments in higher education during the medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and modern periods. While considerable attention is paid to the development of the university in Europe and around the world, the role and significance of other higher education institutions are stressed throughout. Particular weight is placed on the importance of learned societies and academies as sites of research development and training in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The chapter concludes with reflections on the ways in which the prominence of the research university since the Second World War has shaped the writing of the history of higher education in recent years, most notably, the dominant position given to the university as institution. Potentially fruitful directions for future research are also discussed, in particular, the need to focus on alternative higher education institutions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Handbook of Historical Studies in Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Higher education; Universities; Higher education institutions |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2019 15:36 |
Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer, Singapore |
Series Name: | Springer International Handbooks of Education |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-981-10-0942-6_43-2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152482 |