| Description |
1 online resource (x, 233 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
International studies in higher education |
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International studies in higher education.
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| Contents |
The future isn't waiting / Sheldon Rothblatt -- Imagining the university of the future / Louise Morley -- Accessing knowledge in the university of the future: lessons from Australia / Leesa Wheelahan -- The trajectory and future of the idea of the university in China / Shuang-Ye Chen and Leslie N.K. Lo -- The idea of the university in Latin America in the 21st century / Mario Diaz Villa -- The decline of the university in South Africa: reconstituting the place of reason / Yusef Waghid -- Towards a networked university / Nicolas Standaert -- The university as fool / Donncha Kavanagh -- Re-imagining the university: developing a capacity to care -- Gloria Dall'Alba -- Creating a better world: towards the university of wisdom / Nicholas Maxwell -- Universities and the common good / Jon Nixon -- Teaching in the university the day after tomorrow / Paul Standish -- The university: a public issue / Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons -- The future of university research in Africa / Berte Van Wyk and Philip Higgs -- Knowledge socialism: intellectual commons and openness in the university / Michael Peters, Garett Gietzen and David J Ondercin |
| Summary |
'The Future University' explores new avenues opening up to universities and tackles fundamental issues facing their development. Contributors with interdisciplinary and international perspectives imagine ways to frame the university's future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Cross-cultural studies
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Universities and colleges -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and globalization -- Cross-cultural studies
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education and globalization
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Universities and colleges
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barnett, Ronald, 1947-
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| ISBN |
9781136682094 |
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1136682090 |
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0203810449 |
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9780203810446 |
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1283643162 |
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9781283643160 |
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6613955663 |
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9786613955661 |
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9781136682049 |
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113668204X |
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9781136682087 |
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1136682082 |
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