Places of Engagement : Reflections on Higher Education in 2040 - A Global Approach / Armand Heijnen, R. van der Vaart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heijnen, Armand, editor.

van der Vaart, R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Forecasting.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Forecasting.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In his book 'Higher Education in 2040 - A Global Approach' (2017) Bert van der Zwaan developed a thought-provoking vision of the university of the future, based on a thorough discussion of current trends and on a large number of conversations with leaders in higher education worldwide. This book, 'Places of Engagement', offer reflections on themes discussed by Van der Zwaan, written by twenty of his peers and other opinion leaders from around the world. The book was written in honour of Bert van der Zwaan at the occasion of his departure as Vice-Chancellor of Utrecht University. With contributions by John Sexton, José van Dijck, Karl Dittrich, Dilly Fung, Michael Crow and many others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Foreword / Ottow, Annetje / Pijpers, Anton

Introduction / van der Vaart, Rob / Heijnen, Armand

Part 1. Reflections on core values

Autonomy: A practice serving a purpose / Noorda, Sijbolt

The positive and fundamental value of excellence in universities / Beretz, Alain

'Let the lightning strike!' - Free speech and the university / Stolker, Carel

Part 2. Reflections on core tasks

What ought we to wish from university graduates? / Kennedy, James

The student in 2040 / Dong, Rhea van der

Setting the agenda: 'To whom are we answering'? / Miedema, Frank

On the need for universities to engage in lifelong learning / Schippers, Joop

Part 3. Reflections on learning and teaching

Diversifying the university menu / Dijck, José van

The importance of evidence-based development of teaching and learning at university / Lindblom, Sari / Kola, Jukka

Re-thinking the higher education curriculum: Challenges, possibilities, and dreams / Fung, Dilly

The university as a community in the digital age / Mulder, Anka

Part 4. Reflections on the global and the local

Building the first global network university / Sexton, John

A new dawn? Academia moving eastwards / Andersson, Bertil

In search of the South African university - Pages from a Stellenbosch diary / Vale, Peter

The labyrinth of EU research, innovation, and education policy / Deketelaere, Kurt

Part 5. Reflections on institutional logic

Academic enterprise as a new institutional logic for public higher education / Crow, Michael / Anderson, Derrick / Whitman, Kyle

Don't be scared; be prepared / Baarsma, Barbara

The idea of the university: National asset or ivory tower? / Chng, Huang Hoon

Quality assurance: What it was, is, and should be / Dittrich, Karl

A Hooge School en Maatschappij for our time! On the difficult relationship between two types of universities / Dorsman, Leen

About the authors

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789048543656

9048543657

OCLC:

1097184879