Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-224) and indexes.

1. The future isn't waiting / Sheldon Rothblatt -- 2. Imagining the university of the future / Louise Morley -- 3, Accessing knowledge in the university of the future : lessons from Australia / Leesa Wheelahan -- 4. The trajectory and future of the idea of the university in China / Shuang-Ye Chen and Leslie N.K. Lo -- 5. The idea of the university in Latin America in the twenty-first century / Mario Díaz Villa -- 6. The decline of the university in South Africa : reconstituting the place of reason / Yusef Waghid -- 7. Towards a networked university / Nicolas Standaert -- 8. The university as fool / Donncha Kavanagh -- 9. Re-imagining the university : developing a capacity to care / Gloria Dall'Alba -- 10. Creating a better world : towards the university of wisdom / Nicholas Maxwell -- 11. Universities and the common good / Jon Nixon -- 12. Teaching in the university the day after tomorrow / Paul Standish -- 13. The university : a public issue / Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons -- 14. The future of university research in Africa / Berte van Wyk and Philip Higgs -- 15. Knowledge socialism : intellectual commons and openness in the university / Michael Peters, Garett Gietzen, and David J. Ondercin.

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