The University in transformation: global perspectives on the futures of the university

Abstract

Introduction The University in Transformation: Globalization, Multiculturalism, Virtualization and Politicization by Sohail Inayatullah and Jennifer Gidley Western Perspectives on the Futures of the University University Traditions and the Challenge of Global Transformation by Philip Spies Higher Education at the Brink by Peter Manicas Will the Future Include Us? Reflections of a Practitioner of Higher Education by Deane Neubauer The Virtual University and the Professoriate by Michael Skolnik The Futures for Higher Education: From Bricks to Bytes to Fare Thee Well by Jim Dator Why Pay for a College Education? by Tom Abeles Of Minds, Markets and Machines: How Universities might transcend the Ideology of Commodification by David Rooney and Greg Hearn At the Edge of Knowledge-Towards Polyphonic Multiversities by Paul Wildman Non-Western Perspectives on the Futures of the University Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge and Dissenting Futures of the University by Ashis Nandy Pakistani Universities: Past, Present, and Future by Tariq Rahman Civilizing the State: the University in the Middle East by Shahrzad Mojab Scholar Activism for a New World: The Future of the Caribbean University by Anne Hickling-Hudson Internationalizing the Curriculum-for Profit or the Planet? by Patricia Kelly Alternative Universities The Crisis of the University: Feminist Alternatives for the 21st Century and Beyond by Ivana Milojevic Homo Tantricus: Tantra as an Episteme for Future Generations by Marcus Bussey Universities Evolving: Advanced Learning Networks and Experience Camps by Patricia Nicholson Consciousness-Based Education: A Future of Higher Education in the New Millennium by James Grant Transformations of the University Corporate Networks or Bliss for All: The Politics of the Futures of the University by Sohail Inayatullah Unveiling the Human Face of University Futures by Jennifer Gidley Selected Bibliography