Rethinking the University
Harmonizing the Academic Space with Integrating Simplification
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Beschreibung
This book offers an empirically informed and philosophically grounded reimagining of the university in the 21st century. Confronted with polycrises, geopolitical tensions, student activism, academic freedom disputes, and growing Epistemic Asymmetry, the book examines the deeper tensions shaping contemporary higher education.
Drawing on global academic interviews, Strategic Foresight-In workshops, and student dialogues, the authors analyze conditions of Strategic Drift and institutional misalignment between the university’s epistemic and democratic commitments. The book reflects on the university’s responsibility to steward knowledge with integrity, pluralism, and care.
Through innovative metaphors, including the forest farm and the spinning top, the university is reimagined as a dynamic knowledge ecosystem capable of cultivating both short- and long-term inquiry, with disruptive science as its distinctive mandate. The design philosophy of Integrating Simplification provides a framework for harmonizing epistemic, ethical, and operational dimensions.
Bridging higher education management, governance, and organizational design, this book offers a clear pathway for renewing the university’s coherence, academic freedom, and societal responsibility.
This book offers an empirically informed and philosophically grounded reimagining of the university in the 21st century. Confronted with polycrises, geopolitical tensions, student activism, academic freedom disputes, and growing Epistemic Asymmetry, the book examines the deeper tensions shaping contemporary higher education.
Drawing on global academic interviews, Strategic Foresight-In workshops, and student dialogues, the authors analyze conditions of Strategic Drift and institutional misalignment between the university’s epistemic and democratic commitments. The book reflects on the university’s responsibility to steward knowledge with integrity, pluralism, and care.
Through innovative metaphors, including the forest farm and the spinning top, the university is reimagined as a dynamic knowledge ecosystem capable of cultivating both short- and long-term inquiry, with disruptive science as its distinctive mandate. The design philosophy of Integrating Simplification provides a framework for harmonizing epistemic, ethical, and operational dimensions.
Bridging higher education management, governance, and organizational design, this book offers a clear pathway for renewing the university’s coherence, academic freedom, and societal responsibility.
Provides a comprehensive analysis of the shifting role of universities in the 21st century Combines philosophical depth with practical policy models derived from empirical international university case studies Engages directly with student protest movements and questions of institutional neutrality
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Sharda S. Nandram
Themen in »Rethinking the University«
University governance Institutional misalignment Strategic drift Organizational redesign Epistemic legitimacy Academic freedom Trust-based leadership Student activism Distributed stewardship Higher education reform Reshaping universities