Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education this book
steps nimbly through the field, leading it into new areas and advancing an imaginative …

This chapter proposes a framework for networked learning in, for, and with the world at
mode 3 universities. First, a theoretical overview of the configuration and development of the …

For hundreds of years, knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over
recent decades, however, it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore …

Abstract The Creative University is susceptible to multiple interpretations which are moving
in a fluid conceptual space. This conceptual openness can be adequately understood only …

There is a note of activism hanging in the air in many universities, a sense that studying,
teaching, and researching is not enough–or, that such traditional academic activities should …

The 'world-class university'has become a trope of two rivalrous perspectives. On the one
hand, it is used by cross-national and national organizations and institutions (and their …

Purpose This paper aims to propose a thesis about the historical evolution of the
relationship of the European University in relation to the idea of social responsibility …

This chapter presents a possible framework imagining and manifesting more preferable
future institutions, systems or forms of governance in the form of materialised 'feasible …

Beyond knowledge, critical thinking, new ideas, rigorous science and scholarly
development, this chapter argues for the university as a space of life. Through the …

This editorial article presents five contributions that constitute the special thematic issue
under the series entitled Universities of the future: educational and organizational …