The future of universities
Economist Larry Summers, former President of Harvard lays out his view of a university and Philip Dodd debates with the OU's Josie Fraser, Justin Stover and NESTA's Geoff Mulgan
Economist Larry Summers, former President of Harvard lays out his view of a university and Philip Dodd debates with the OU's Josie Fraser, classicist Justin Stover and NESTA's Geoff Mulgan. Has new technology and globalisation signed the death knell for traditional courses in humanities subjects like English literature and philosophy ?
You can find Philip talking to academic Camille Paglia here /programmes/m0006t8t
to Niall Fergusson about the importance of networks here /programmes/b096gv0d
to David Willetts here /programmes/b09gsxhq
about Nietsche's views of a university education in University Therapy or Learning? here /programmes/b07gnj1b
Producer: Eliane Glaser.
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