Higher education looking forward: relations between higher education and society

Brennan, John; Välimaa, Jussi; Hoffman, David; Naidoo, Rajani; Jongbloed, Jürgen Enders; Salerno, Carlo; Ferlie, Ewan; Musselin, Christine; Andresani, Gianluca and Teichler, Ulrich (2007). Higher education looking forward: relations between higher education and society. European Science Foundation, Strasbourg.

Abstract

This report includes the five thematic overview reports which were prepared for the European Science Foundation ‘Forward Look’ on ‘Higher education in Europe beyond 2010: resolving conflicting social and economic expectations. The five reports are:
• Higher education and the knowledge society discourse (Jussi Välimaa and David Hoffman);
• Higher education and the achievement (or prevention) of equity and society justice (John Brennan and Rajani Naidoo);
• Higher education and its communities: interconnections and interdependencies (Ben Jongbloed, Jürgen Enders and Carlo Salerno);
• The ‘steering’ of higher education systems: a public management perspective (Ewan Ferlie, Christine Musselin and Gianluca Andresani);
• The changing patterns of the higher education systems in Europe and the future tasks of higher education research (Ulrich Teichler).