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This is the first of 2 programmes which takes as their starting point the 1976 proposed reform of the French Universities. The aim of the reform of the "second cycle" was to bring the uni...versities in line with the requirements of industry. But this met with an unprecedented opposing alliance of students, staff and principals. Half the country's universities went on strike and fierce street battles were waged. The academic establishment saw the proposed reform as a threat to intellectual freedom. The left saw it as giving the capitalists still further control. The programmes do not examine the details of the reform but focus on the reactions provoked by it which expressed general views about the relationship between education and society. This was chosen as a case-study because' attitudes and opinions which are often merely latent in our system were brought out into the open and forcefully articulated in the French, crisis.
This is the first of 2 programmes which takes as their starting point the 1976 proposed reform of the French Universities. The aim of the reform of the "second cycle" was to bring the uni...versities in line with the requirements of industry. But this met with an unprecedented opposing alliance of students, staff and principals. Half the country's universities went on strike and fierce street battles were waged. The academic establishment saw the proposed reform as a threat to intellectual freedom. The left saw it as giving the capitalists still further control. The programmes do not examine the details of the reform but focus on the reactions provoked by it which expressed general views about the relationship between education and society. This was chosen as a case-study because' attitudes and opinions which are often merely latent in our system were brought out into the open and forcefully articulated in the French, crisis.
| Module code and title: | E202, Schooling and society |
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| Item code: | E202; 14 |
| Recording date: | 1976-06-29 |
| First transmission date: | 03-09-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:38 |
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| Producer: | David Thompson |
| Contributors: | Ben Cosin; Laurent Ellrodt; Jean Luc Manon; Monica Charlot; Raymond Aron; Alice Saunier-Seite |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | France; Higher education; Student Strike; Universities |
| Master spool number: | BLN24950H116 |
| Production number: | BLN24950H116 |
| Available to public: | no |
