Higher Education and National Development, Systems in Transition (Innbundet (stive permer))

University of East Anglia, UK Kauna University of Technology, Lithuania Institute of Education, UK

Universities and societies around the world are involved in significant transition. Universities are now invited to expand their central aims and purposes in order to embrace a role in relation to the development of the societies in which they are located. This change of focus has major implications for curricula, modes of teaching and the student body. International contributors to this wide-ranging text discuss different aspects of the phenomenon of globalisation in relation to higher education, but also in relation to moves by nation states to devolve government to regional and subregional bodies and the implications this has for educational systems.

Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction David Bridges and Terence McLaughlin PART ONE UNIVERSITIES, SOCIETIES AND TRANSITIONS: SETTING THE SCENE 1 1 Comparing and Transferring: Visions, Politics, and Universities Robert Cowen 2 Conceptions of the University and the Demands of Contemporary Societies Richard Smith PART TWO UNIVERSITIES AND TRANSITIONS IN CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIETY 3 The Development of Higher Education for the Knowledge Society and the Knowledge Economy Palmira Juceviciene and Rimantas Vaitkus 4 The Role of the University in the Development of the Learning Society Palmira Juceviciene 5 The Concept of the 'Intelligent Country' Robertas Jucevicius PART THREE UNIVERSITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 6 Concepts of Development: the Role of Education Flavio Comim 7 The Role of the University in Regional Economic Development David Bridges 8 Regional Universities in the Baltic Sea Region: Higher Education and Regional Development Kazimierz Musial PART FOUR UNIVERSITIES AND THE DEMANDS OF THE ECONOMY 9 The Role of Higher Education in National Innovation Systems in Central and Eastern Europe Slavo RadoA evic and Monika Kriaucioniene 10 Bridging Knowledge and Economy: Technology Transfer and Higher Education Arunas LukoA evicius 11 The Changing Requirements for Business Management and Business Education in the 'Countries in Transition' -- Combining Cultural and Institutional Perspectives Giedrius Jucevicius 12 Competence Development for the Knowledge-Driven Economy Daiva Lepaite 13 Concepts of a Service University Arild Tjeldvoll and Aukse BlaA enaite PART FIVE UNIVERSITIES AND SOCIAL, CIVIC AND ETHICAL DEMANDS 14 Higher Education as an Agent of Social Innovation Brigita Janiunaite and Dalija Gudaityte 15 The Role of the University in Community Development: Responding to the Challenges of Globalization Irena Leliugiene and Viktorija BarA auskiene 16 Higher Education and its Contribution to Public Health: Tackling Health Inequalities Through Health Policy Development in Lithuania Vilius Grabauskas 17 Spirituality and Citizenship in Higher Education Hanan A. Alexander 18 Higher Education, Scientific Research and Social Change 452 Sir Brian Heap PART SIX UNIVERSITIES, SOCIETIES AND TRANSITIONS IN PERSPECTIVE 19 The Audit and 'Embrace' of Quality in a Higher Education System Under Change Barbara Zamorski 20 Universities and Societies: Traditions, Transitions and Tensions 498 Terence McLaughlin Index