This book presents eight reflections on the current state of the university around the world, the problems facing it as an educational institution and the challenges it must address in a changing society, where the arrival of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has had an immense impact. On these pages, rectors and directors from universities in different countries (Canada, Morocco, the United Kingdom, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Mexico) attempt to analyze the current problems confronting the university and propose new strategies regarding syllabus design, local and global problems, reforms implemented in recent years and the viability of educational models in an ever more globalized society. Turning the university upside down: actions for the near future aims to offer clear answers to many of the questions facing the university today, offering guidelines it is hoped will contribute to designing an agenda for action that will allow university education to improve in the very near future.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Adapting the university to the 21st century: creating a bimodal university. L. Bertrand
- Relationship with knowledge and the knowledge society
- University accessibility, quality and funding
- A promising connection: the bimodal university
- Essential conditions for success
- Conclusion
- 2. The Moroccan university: the challenges of globalization. R. Bourqia
- World context and a model in crisis
- The great challenges facing the Moroccan university
- The university services put to the test
- Strategic questions and perspectives
- Conclusion
- 3. Lessons from the front line. B. M. Gourley
- Lessons from the front line
- Essential changes in the last decade
- Appropriate attributes and leadership strategies in a transforming environment
- Future investments
- Conclusion
- 4. The university under threat: innovation may mark the difference. B. Gros
- Common ideas, in a few words
- Open knowledge, open innovation
- Ideas for promoting innovation based on –not always– positive experiences
- In just a few words, key elements for innovation
- Conclusion
- 5. Universities: from national system to glocal networking policy. S. Guri-Rosenblit
- Missions of universities
- The potential clients
- The scope of programmes and diplomas
- Technological infrastructures
- Competition and co-operation
- Conclusion
- 6. Two decades of the 21st century. Challenges and opportunities. M. H. Nazaré, M. Conceição
- The first decade of the 21st century
- After the Bologna Plan
- The Lisbon Agenda and the third cycle of the Bo- logna Process
- Guaranteeing quality and autonomy
- Governance
- Funding
- European strategy for the next decade
- 7. Settings conditions for innovation: the highest priority of the National Pedagogical University. S. B. Ortega
- Three decades of expansion in higher education
- A new generation of higher education policies for Mexico
- Promoting pedagogical innovation internally: a plausible route to restructuring the university
- A distinct institution; a remarkable history
- Creating on the basis of curricular and pedagogical innovation
- Planning areas of innovation
- Conclusion
- Appendix I
- 8. The opportunity to change. I. Tubella
- The three crises of the university
- The fourth crisis: The generational crisis
- The case of the UOC
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
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