Transformation of the University: Hopeful Futures for Higher Education (World Issues in the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education)

Transformation of the University imagines preferable futures for the University, building hope for the institution’s necessary transformation. It transcends old criticism and presents fresh ideas on how the institution might be conceived, organized, and put into practice while safeguarding that which makes it a university – the pursuit of knowledge. This book is divided into three main parts: Part One – ‘Knowledge’ assumes the role of the University in generating knowledge for the benefit of society; Part Two – ‘Cultural Growth’ expands on how the University might contribute to and benefit from the cultural growth of society, with both explicit and implicit connections to social justice; and Part Three – ‘Institutions’ focuses on imaginative processes for enacting a University as an institution that meets the unforeseen challenges facing society. With contributions from scholars across the world, Transformation of the University is an essential read for all academics, practitioners, and broad social thinkers who are concerned with the future of the University and its contributions to society. Transformation of the University imagines preferable futures for the university, building hope for the institution's necessary transformation. It transcends old criticisms and presents fresh ideas on how the institution might be conceived, organised and put into practice while safeguarding that which makes it a university – the pursuit of knowledge.This book is divided into three main parts: Part One – ‘Knowledge'assumes the role of the university in generating knowledge for the benefit of society; Part Two – ‘Cultural Growth'expands on how the university might contribute to and benefit from the cultural growth of society, with both explicit and implicit connections to social and epistemic (in)justice; and Part Three – ‘Institutions'focuses on imaginative processes for enacting the university as an institution that meets the unforeseen future challenges facing societies around the world.With contributions from scholars across the world, Transformation of the University is an essential read for all academics, practitioners, institutional leaders and broad social thinkers who are concerned with the future of the university and its contributions to society. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of contributors Introduction: Understanding the transformation of the university Part I: Knowledge 1. The university as honest broker 2. Trust, critical hope and the contemporary university 3. Transcending a single reality: Transdisciplinarity, the emerging forces of spirituality and a pedagogy of self-cultivation Part II: Cultural Growth 4. Decolonial reparation as re-humanisation in higher education 5. Unfixing the university: Higher education and the ontology of travel 6. Towards decolonisation and transformation in universities: Foregrounding Indigenous and transcultural knowledge systems and communities Part III: Institutions 7. University challenge: Realising utopias in the twenty-first century 8. Looking for hope abroad: The new global university beyond neoliberalism 9. Programme ‘Future-se’: Brazilian higher education meets neoliberalism 10. What comes after the ruin?: Designing for the arrival of preferable futures for the university Coda: Trust and vision Index