University in Transformation: Global Perspectives on the Futures of the University »

SOHAIL INAYATULLAH is Professorial Research Fellow, Tamkang University, Visiting Academic, Queensland University of Technology and Professor and David Sutton Fellow, International Management Centres. In 1999, he was Tamkang Chair, Tamkang University, Taiwan and UNESCO Chair, Centre for European Studies, University of Trier, Germany. He is the author of 200 journal articles, book chapters and popular magazine pieces and has authored/edited 10 books. He is also a Fellow for the World Academy of Art and Science and a Fellow for the World Futures Studies Federation. He is Associate Editor for New Renaissance and Coeditor for the Journal of Futures Studies.

JENNIFER GIDLEY is an Educational Psychologist and Futures Researcher.

Leading scholars examine the future of the university based upon historical and emerging issues and trends.

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Contributors from various disciplines, who have all worked as academics in the modern university to some extent, take a critical view of the current transformations taking place in universities. While they are critical of universities, they are more so of the commodification process universities are undergoing. Chapters are in sections on Western and nonwestern perspectives, alternative universities, and transformations of the university. Inayatullah is chair of the School of Futures Studies at International Management Centers. Gidley is an education psychologist and futures researcher. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)