Exploring Rationality of University: Newman's 'The Idea of A University' and Its Reflection on Practice

摘要

Newman is a famous education ideologist of England, his "Ideal of a University" is the first work to expound the ideal of university systematically and completely in the western history. His university philosophy is the last fight and defends during the period of the medieval universities face the subversion of rational instrumentalism no doubt. But there is huge contrast between Newman's ideal of university and the educational practice when he was served as the first President of the Irish Catholic university. The factors which make the university governance practices of this idealist in a dilemma are the age and environmental factors; Newman's personality characteristics, and Failed to fuse the concept and system during the practice of the university management, he also failed to fully consider the cultural environment of university development, as well as failed to integrate the resources effectively which required by the development of the university.