Abstract
Current assay is motivated by the fast evolution that society has been undergoing during the 20 th and 21 st centuries and its effects on universities. The being of the university is analyzed from a social, historical and philosophic point of view, coupled to the demands that the 21 st century make on higher institutions. Foregrounded on several documents (among which may be mentioned 'The Magna Carta of European Universities' and the 'Salamanca Declaration', signed by the Rectors of the oldest universities in Spain and South America) and disregarding the differences between public and private universities (common aims should be sought when the aim is the development of peoples), certain principles (given as objectives in the text) are proposed and justified as basic for the satisfactory development of all peoples. A summary of the main aims proposed are provided as a conclusion.
Highlights
Current assay is motivated by the fast evolution that society has been undergoing during the 20th and 21st centuries and its effects on universities
Aparecida en la contraportada del libro, se afirmaba, entre otras cosas, lo siguiente: Las universidades del mundo occidental parecen haberse instalado desde hace unos veinte años en el nido de una contradicción perpetua, puesto que ni son capaces de negar el valor de sus funciones básicas de creación y transmisión del conocimiento, en aras del discurso de la rentabilidad tecnológica y empresarial, ni de asumir sin tapujos ese mismo discurso, que firmaría su acta de defunción (BERMEJO, 2007)
No olvidemos que otro factor a tener en cuenta, y que justifica un nuevo objetivo para la universidad que queremos, es el referido a la sociedad en general, a esa masa de hombres y mujeres adultos, muchos de ellos padres y madres, y también profesores de jóvenes estudiantes, herederos de una mentalidad que ofrece resistencias a los cambios que exigen un futuro deseable en bien de todos y cada uno de los seres humanos
Summary
Current assay is motivated by the fast evolution that society has been undergoing during the 20th and 21st centuries and its effects on universities.
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