Higher Education and National Development: Universities and Societies in Transition

by Bridges; David

• ISBN13: 9780415331104
• ISBN10: 0415331102
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Universities and societies around the world are involved in significant transition. Universities are now invited to expand their central aims and purposes in order to embrace a role in relation to the development of the societies in which they are located. This change of focus has major implications for curricula, modes of teaching and the student body. International contributors to this wideranging text discuss different aspects of the phenomenon of globalisation in relation to higher education, but also in relation to moves by nation states to devolve government to regional and subregional bodies and the implications this has for educational systems.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. x
List of tables	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Universities, societies and transitions: setting the scene	p. 11
Comparing and transferring: visions, politics and universities	p. 13
Conceptions of the university and the demands of contemporary societies	p. 30
Universities and transitions in conceptions of society	p. 41
The development of higher education for the knowledge society and the knowledge economy	p. 43
The role of the university in the development of the learning society	p. 55
The concept of the 'intelligent country'	p. 72
Universities and economic development	p. 85
Concepts of development: the role of education	p. 87
The role of the university in regional economic development	p. 103
Regional universities in the Baltic Sea region: higher education and regional development	p. 120
Universities and the demands of the economy	p. 133
The role of higher education in national innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe	p. 135
Bridging knowledge and economy: technology transfer and higher education	p. 161
The changing requirements for business management and business education in the 'countries in transition': combining cultural and institutional perspectives	p. 176
Competence development for the knowledge-driven economy	p. 190
Concepts of a service university	p. 201
Universities and social, civic and ethical demands	p. 213
Higher education as an agent of social innovation	p. 215
The role of the university in community development: responding to the challenges of globalization	p. 227
Higher education and its contribution to public health: tackling health inequalities through health policy development in Lithuania	p. 237
Spirituality and citizenship in higher education	p. 250
Higher education, scientific research and social change	p. 265
Universities, societies and transitions in perspective	p. 279
The audit and 'embrace' of quality in a higher education system under change	p. 281
Universities and societies: traditions, transitions and tensions	p. 293
Index	p. 310
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