This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book
Universities: The Recovery of An Idea. It contains chapters on the
history of universities; the value of university education; the nature
of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional
essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of the humanities,
interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems
and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming
universities, intellectual integrity and the realities of funding, and
spiritual values and the knowledge economy.