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Political Science Economic Policy

Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations

The Changing Role of Higher Education

edited by Glen A. Jones, Patricia McCarney & Michael L. Skolnik

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Apr 2005
Category
Economic Policy, Higher
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802038562
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $77.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442673564
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $93.00

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Description

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.

About the authors

Glen A. Jones is a professor of higher education and the dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He is a coauthor of Governance of Higher Education: Global Perspectives, Theories, and Practices.

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Patricia L. McCarney is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Munk Centre for International Studies and is Associate Vice President, International Research and Development, at the University of Toronto.

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Michael L. Skolnik is a professor in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education and the William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

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