The future university : ideas and possibilities /

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Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2012.
Description:x, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:International studies in higher education
International studies in higher education.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8511776
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Other authors / contributors:Barnett, Ronald, 1947-
ISBN:9780415881920
0415881927
9780415433914 (alk. paper)
0415433916 (alk. paper)
9780203945605 (alk. paper)
0203945603 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Editors' Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Emerging Futures
  • 1. The Future isn't Waiting
  • 2. Imagining the University of the Future
  • Part II. Global Possibilities
  • 3. Accessing Knowledge in the University of the Future: Lessons from Australia
  • 4. The Trajectory and Future of the Idea of the University in China
  • 5. The Idea of the University in Latin America in the Twenty-First Century
  • 6. The Decline of the University in South Africa: Reconstituting the Place of Reason
  • Part III. Ideas of the University
  • 7. Towards a Networked University
  • 8. The University as Fool
  • 9. Re-imagining the University: Developing a Capacity to Care
  • 10. Creating a Better World: Towards the University of Wisdom
  • Part IV. A University for Society
  • 11. Universities and the Common Good
  • 12. Teaching in the University the Day After Tomorrow
  • 13. The University: A Public Issue
  • 14. The Future of University Research in Africa
  • 15. Knowledge Socialism: Intellectual Commons and Openness in the University
  • Coda
  • List of Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index