Has universities’ success gone to their heads? – Review of David Goodhart’s new book by Dean Machin

 Title:

 Has universities’ success gone to their heads? – Review of David Goodhart’s new book by Dean Machin

 

Author:

Dean Machin, Head of Policy at the University of Portsmouth

 

Published:

Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), 2 October 2020

https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2020/10/02/has-universities-success-gone-to-their-head-at-the-cost-of-their-heart-review-of-david-goodharts-new-book-by-dean-machin/

From the blog post:

The central thesis of David’s Goodhart’s new book Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century is that we have privileged ‘head’ over ‘hand’ and ‘heart’ (although the main contrast is between ‘head’ and ‘hand’). For Goodhart, this privileging of ‘head’ is unproductive, unfair and has led to alienation and justified resentment. Moreover, universities are part of the problem. Are they?