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Frontiers of Education in China

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Front Educ Chin    2009, Vol. 4 Issue (2) : 159-174    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-009-0010-5
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The role of universities in achieving social justice
JIANG Kai()
Graduate School of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Abstract

Social justice is not only a vital ethical principle of the human society but also the all-important value of the entire social system. As a public sphere, the university undertakes the purpose to achieve public interest. It plays a significant role in reflecting, defending, and fostering social justice. Nurturing people with social justice awareness is a key mission of the university; it communicates and advocates the ideas of social justice, which helps to foster social justice consciousness of the public; and, for its own part, it must strive to embody and defend procedural justice.

Keywords higher education      social justice      role of universities      mission of universities     
Corresponding Author(s): JIANG Kai,Email:jiangkai@gse.pku.edu.cn   
Issue Date: 05 June 2009
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JIANG Kai. The role of universities in achieving social justice[J]. Front Educ Chin, 2009, 4(2): 159-174.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fed/EN/Y2009/V4/I2/159
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