Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations : : The Changing Role of Higher Education / / ed. by Glen Jones, Patricia McCarney, Michael Skolnik.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Birgeneau, Robert J.,; Bloom, David E.,; Daar, Abdallah S.,; Duderstadt, James J.,; Egron-Polak, Eva,; Evans, John R.,; Hayhoe, Ruth,; Jones, Glen A.,; McCarney, Patricia L.,; Natarajan, Ramamurthy,; Neuman, Shirley,; O'Neil, Maureen,; Savan, Beth,; Scott, Peter,; Singer, Peter A.,; Skolnik, Michael L.,; Stiller, Calvin R.,; Subotzky, George,; Tornatzky, Louis G.,; Wolfe, David A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Jones, Glen,; McCarney, Patricia,; Skolnik, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)

Globalization?s effects on universities have been little examined. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations seeks to improve understanding by deepening the analysis of how universities contribute to economic growth and entrepreneurialism while also contributing to strategic societal goals of equity and redistributive justice. Editors Glen A. Jones, Patricia L. McCarney, and Michael L. Skolnik have brought together a diverse group of contributors to describe how internal and external forces arising from globalization are exerting pressure to change the role of higher education in society and how universities are dealing with these pressures.The essays pay particular attention to tensions associated with attempts to balance the economic with the non-economic objectives of higher education, and between those who celebrate the ?entrepreneurial university? versus those who lament the new alignment between the university and the business community as undermining the civic responsibility of the university and its freedom of speech and critical inquiry. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations is a crucial addition to the debate on the future of higher education.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: The Role of the University and Basic Research in the New Economy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section 1. New Pressures, New Roles: The Changing Context for Higher Education -- 1. Raising the Pressure: Globalization and the Need for Higher Education Reform -- 2. The Opportunities and Threats of Globalization -- 3. Universities in the New Global Economy: Actors or Spectators? -- 4. Universities, Women, and the Dialogue among Civilizations -- 5. The Future of Higher Education in the Knowledge-Driven, Global Economy of the Twenty-first Century -- Section 2. Strengthening Nations, Regions, and Cities: Higher Education and Society -- 6. Democratizing Knowledge: Higher Education and Good Governance -- 7. Reflections on the Difficulty of Balancing the University's Economic and Non-economic Objectives in Periods When Its Economic Role Is Highly Valued -- 8. The Contribution of Higher Education to Reconstructing South African Society: Opportunities, Challenges, and Cautionary Tales -- 9. The Role of Technical Education in Enabling the Creation of a Knowledge Economy and Society: The Indian Experience -- 10. The Role of Universities in Regional Development and Cluster Formation -- 11. Campus and Community: Partnerships for Research, Policy, and Action -- 12. Global Cities, Local Knowledge Creation: Mapping a New Policy Terrain on the Relationship between Universities and Cities -- Section 3. Creating Knowledge: New Challenges and Roles -- 13. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations: The Role of Research and Education in Humanities and Social Sciences in Government Agendas for Innovation -- 14. Harnessing Genomics for Global Health: The Role of Higher Education -- 15. Contribution of Higher Education to Research and Innovation: Balancing the 'Social Contract' of Universities with Their Drive for Scholarly Excellence -- 16. The Academic-Commercial Interface in a Knowledge-Driven Economy: A View from MaRS -- 17. Innovation U: New Practices, Enabling Cultures -- Contributors