Synopses & Reviews
A lifeline for universities meeting the challenges of the 21st century Prominent thinker Burton R. Clark addresses what can be done to ensure universities are well positioned to meet the challenges of the fastmoving world of the 21st century. This signifi- cant new volume draws on case studies of 14 proactive institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and Africa in the 21st century.
The international coverage underpins a fully developed framework offering insight into ways of initiating and sustaining change in universities. This new conceptual framework shifts attention from transformation to sustainability rooted in a constructed steady state of change and a collegial approach to entrepreneurialism. It contains key elements necessary for universities to adapt successfully to the modern world.
Essential reading for university administrators, faculty members, students, and researchers analyzing higher education, and educational policy makers worldwide, this book advocates a highly proactive approach to university change and specifies a new basis for university selfreliance.
About the Author
Burton R. Clark is Allan M. Carter Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. During his career, he has taught at five leading U.S. universities: Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, and UCLA. He has published widely on the nature of university organization and the realistic possibilities of reform.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Sustaining Entrepreneurialism in European Universities
Introduction
Sustainability at Warwick: A Paradigmatic Case
Strathclyde: Sustaining Change in a Place of Useful Learning
University of Twente: Balancing on Entrepreneurial Seesaws in a Dutch University
University of Joensuu: Balancing Sustainability in a Regional Finnish University
Chalmers University of Technology: Entrepreneurialism Redeemed
From Transformation to Sustainability
Part 2: Amplifying Variations in University Entrepreneurialism: Africa, Latin America, Asia, North America
Introduction - Makerere University: Entrepreneurial Rebound from Academic Pits in Uganda
The Catholic University of Chile: Lessons from South America
Monash University: Seizing the Revolutionary Moment in Australia
Genetic Entrepreneurialism Among American Universities Stanford; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Michigan; University of California, Los Angeles; North Carolina State University; Georgia Institute of Technology;
Conclusion
Part 3: The Self-Reliant University
The Entrepreneurial Road to University Self-Reliance:
Why many universities will not become entrepreneurial; Key features of entrepreneurail organization in universities; The modern pathway to university autonomy and self-reliance
Notes and References
Index.