The responsive university and the crisis in South Africa /

The responsive university and the crisis in South Africa /

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Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Sense, 2021.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:African higher education: developments and perspectives, 2666-2663 ; volume10
African higher education: developments and perspectives ; v. 10.
Subject:
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- South Africa.
Universities and colleges -- South Africa -- Administration.
Educational change -- South Africa.
Community and college -- South Africa.
Educational equalization -- South Africa.
Social change -- South Africa.
Community and college
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Educational change
Educational equalization
Social change
Universities and colleges -- Administration
South Africa
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14141563
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Other authors / contributors:Brink, Chris, 1951- editor.
ISBN:9789004465619
9004465618
9789004465596
9789004465602
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Around the world, higher education is faced with a fundamental question: what is the basis for our claim of societal legitimacy? In this book, the authors go beyond the classical response regarding teaching, research and community engagement. Instead, the editor puts forward the proposition that the answer lies in responsiveness, the extent to which universities respond, or fail to respond, to societal challenges. Moreover, because of its intractable legacy issues and crisis of inequality, the question regarding the societal legitimacy of universities is particularly clearly manifested in South Africa, one of the most unequal countries in the world. The Responsive University brings together contributions on the issue of responsiveness from a number of international university leaders, half of them specifically addressing the South African situation within the context of the international situation as presented by the other authors. In the global discussion about the role of universities in society, this book provides a conceptual framework for a way forward"--
Other form:Print version: Responsive university and the crisis in South Africa Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Sense, 2021 9789004465596
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • Global context
  • An irredeemable time? the rising tide of hostility toward universities / Glyn Davis
  • Mobilizing the full resources of universities for civic engagement and responsiveness: the comprehensive infusion strategy of Tufts University / Robert M. Hollister
  • Towards creating the truly engaged, responsive university: Penn's partnership with the West Philadelphia community as an experiment in progress / Ira Harkavy, Rita A. Hodges and Joann Weeks
  • The journey of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from a local trade school to a socially responsible global university / Angelina Yuen and Miranda Lou
  • Counter innovations: the responsibility of universities to act on the SDGs / Eivind Engebretsen, Anna Wahlberg and Ole Petter Ottersen
  • The permeable university: moving beyond civic engagement to transformation / Mary Stuart
  • The Newcastle Helix / Nick Wright
  • Teaching, reaching and preaching: towards a realistic utopia / Yael Yuli Tamir
  • Part 2
  • South Africa
  • Reimagining South Africa's universities as social institutions / Ahmed Bawa
  • The transformative, responsive university in South Africa / André Keet and Sibongile Muthwa
  • Protests and pursuits: the South African university in turmoil and the search for a decolonial turn / Siphamandla Zondi
  • South African universities between decolonization and the fourth industrial revolution / Lis Lange
  • The fourth industrial revolution in higher education / Tshilidzi Marwala
  • The university of the Western Cape: educating towards and for a changed society / Larry Pokpas, Loïs Dippenaar and Nasima Badsha
  • Poverty, inequity and decolonization: are business schools responsive to the challenge? / Millard W. Arnold
  • Reflections and conclusions / Chris Brink.

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