What kind of university? : international perspectives on knowledge, participation and governance

Author(s)

• Brennan, J. L. (John Leslie)

Bibliographic Information

What kind of university? : international perspectives on knowledge, participation and governance

edited by John Brennan ... [et al.]

（SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins）

Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Universities worldwide are experiencing rapid and substantial change. Will the universities of the twenty-first century be recognizable as the institutions we know today? How far are universities around the world converging towards a common form and how far will they be shaped increasingly by the characteristics of their host societies. What Kind of University? discusses the nature of universities emerging in different parts of the world, the conditions which shape and constrain them, their common features, and the main faultlines which define their differences. The twenty contributors from four continents address three major topics: * What will count as important knowledge, how will it be organized, and how will it be researched and taught? * Who will be the university's students; how will access to and participation in our universities develop? * How will the management and organization of institutions change: how much autonomy will be appropriate at the levels of the individual, the department and the university; and what will be decided by the market or the state? Two powerful themes pervade this book. The first is the recognition that higher education, like the economy, has become global; and the second is the role of technology (which is a significant enabler of global communication in higher education). What Kind of University? brings together the thinking of university leaders and researchers into universities, sets an agenda for the future university, and is essential reading for all those interested in the international development of higher education.

Table of Contents

Foreword Introductions What kind of university? Reflections of a scholar-gypsy Part one: Knowledge and curricula Changing research practices The link between knowledge and learning Student learning and academic choice the rule of coherence PhD or professional doctorate is there a choice? Part two: Access and participation Against the odds Democratization of education The urban/metropolitan university landgrant of the 21st century? Part three: Governance: case studies Why universities need leaders Are universities losing their soul? a new governance structure for universities in the Netherlands Changing the rules of the game the transformation of decision-making patterns in Swiss universities since the early 1990s Higher education development in transitional societies Information technology and changing roles in the academy Autonomy, governance and accountability Part four: Which futures? Restructuring the university of technological change The university of the future place, process or paradigm? The future of the university reasonable predictions, hoped-for reforms, or technological possibilities? Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA42646392
• ISBN:
  • 0335204295
• LCCN: 98055540
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Buckingham, UK ; Philadelphia, Pa.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 258 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB2322.2
  • DC21 : 378
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
  • LCSH : Education, Higher -- Curricula
  • LCSH : College students
  • LCSH : Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23280588