Edited by: Prof. Ronaldo Munck & Prof. Kathryn Mohrman
Contents:
Introduction: Current Crises and Future Thinking Prof. Ronaldo Munck, Head of Civic and Global Engagement, DCU and Prof. Kathryn Mohrman, Director University Design Consortium, ASU
Part 1: Strategic Dilemmas
Chapter 1: Renewing the Idea of a University Prof. Ferdinand von Prondzynski, President, Dublin City University
Chapter 2: Re-conceptualizing Universities as Knowledge Enterprises: Toward Innovation, Differentiation and Adoption Prof. Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University
Chapter 3: Knowledge Power - Ambition and Reach in a Re-Invented University Prof. Sir Alan Wilson, Professor of Urban and Regional Systems, University College London.
Chapter 4: The Future University - Foresight in Practice Prof. Ronaldo Munck, Head of Civic and Global Engagement and Dr Declan Raftery, Director of Research Support Services, Dublin City University
Part 2: Policy and Innovation
Chapter 5: Are Irish Universities Organised to Meet the Demands of Universal Access? Mr Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority, Ireland
Chapter 6: The Economics of Higher Education - Beyond a Zero-Sum Game Prof. Colm Harmon, Director, Geary Institute, University College Dublin
Chapter 7: The University and the Business World - An Uneasy Alliance Mr Tony Donohoe, Head of Education and Innovation Policy, IBEC
Chapter 8: Creating Value and Significance for the 21st Century Dr William Harris, Director, Science Foundation of Arizona
Chapter 9: Re-positioning the University: The Role of Cultural Institutions Dr John Hegarty, Provost, Trinity College Dublin
Part 3: Social Values
Chapter 10: Sustaining Social Embededness Professor Debra Friedman, University Vice President and Dean, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University
Chapter 11: Civic Engagement - Core Business or Add-on? Dr. Deiric O’Broin, NorDubCo
Chapter 12: Students - Consumers or Citizens? Mr Steven Conlon, Student at Dublin City University
Chapter 13: Our Crisis; Whose Opportunity? Dr Iain Mc Labhrainn, Director, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, National University of Ireland, Galway.
About the Contributing Authors:
Professor Kathryn Mohrman is the Director of the University Design Consortium and a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, USA
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, was president of Dublin City University, Ireland from 2000 to 2010.
Professor Michael M. Crow is President of Arizona State University, USA.
Professor Sir Alan Wilson is Professor of Urban and Regional Systems at University College London, England.
Professor Ronaldo Munck is Head of Civic and Global Engagement at Dublin City University, Ireland
Dr Declan Raftery is Director of Office of the Vice President for Research at Dublin City University, Ireland
Mr Tom Boland is Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) of Ireland
Professor Colm Harmon is Director of the Geary Institute at University College Dublin, Ireland
Mr Tony Donohue is Head of Education and Innovation Policy at the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) Ireland
Dr Bill Harris is Director of Science Foundation Arizona (SFA) and is former director general of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Dr John Hegarty is Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Professor Debra Friedman is Vice President at Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Deiric O’Broin is Director of NorDubCo, a regional think tank based in Dublin City University, and a lecturer in regional development at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Mr Steven Conlon is a student at Dublin City University, and a regularly published journalist.
Dr. Iain Mac Labhrainn is Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the National University of Ireland, Galway
|