LEADER 04549nam 2200505 450 001 9910825742103321 005 20231110214947.0 010 $a90-04-46561-8 010 $a9789004465619 035 $a(CKB)4100000011950877 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6636623 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6636623 035 $a(OCoLC)1250435500 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011950877 100 $a20220125d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe responsive university and the crisis in South Africa /$fedited by Chris Brink 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, Massachusetts :$cBrill,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (397 pages) 225 1 $aAfrican Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a90-04-46560-X 327 $aNotes on contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Global context -- An irredeemable time? the rising tide of hostility toward universities / Glyn Davis -- Mobilizing the full resources of universities for civic engagement and responsiveness: the comprehensive infusion strategy of Tufts University / Robert M. Hollister --Towards creating the truly engaged, responsive university: Penn's partnership with the West Philadelphia community as an experiment in progress / Ira Harkavy, Rita A. Hodges and Joann Weeks -- The journey of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from a local trade school to a socially responsible global university / Angelina Yuen and Miranda Lou -- Counter innovations: the responsibility of universities to act on the SDGs / Eivind Engebretsen, Anna Wahlberg and Ole Petter Ottersen -- The permeable university: moving beyond civic engagement to transformation / Mary Stuart -- The Newcastle Helix / Nick Wright -- Teaching, reaching and preaching: towards a realistic utopia / Yael Yuli Tamir -- Part 2 -- South Africa -- Reimagining South Africa's universities as social institutions / Ahmed Bawa -- The transformative, responsive university in South Africa / Andre? Keet and Sibongile Muthwa -- Protests and pursuits: the South African university in turmoil and the search for a decolonial turn / Siphamandla Zondi -- South African universities between decolonization and the fourth industrial revolution / Lis Lange -- The fourth industrial revolution in higher education / Tshilidzi Marwala -- The university of the Western Cape: educating towards and for a changed society / Larry Pokpas, Loi?s Dippenaar and Nasima Badsha -- Poverty, inequity and decolonization: are business schools responsive to the challenge? / Millard W. Arnold -- Reflections and conclusions / Chris Brink. 330 $a"Around the world, higher education is faced with a fundamental question: what is the basis for our claim of societal legitimacy? In this book, the authors go beyond the classical response regarding teaching, research and community engagement. Instead, the editor puts forward the proposition that the answer lies in responsiveness, the extent to which universities respond, or fail to respond, to societal challenges. Moreover, because of its intractable legacy issues and crisis of inequality, the question regarding the societal legitimacy of universities is particularly clearly manifested in South Africa, one of the most unequal countries in the world. The Responsive University brings together contributions on the issue of responsiveness from a number of international university leaders, half of them specifically addressing the South African situation within the context of the international situation as presented by the other authors. In the global discussion about the role of universities in society, this book provides a conceptual framework for a way forward"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aAfrican Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives 606 $aEducational change$zSouth Africa 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xAdministration$zSouth Africa 606 $aEducation, Higher$xAims and objectives$zSouth Africa 615 0$aEducational change 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdministration 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xAims and objectives 676 $a378.68 702 $aBrink$b Chris$f1951- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825742103321 996 $aThe responsive university and the crisis in South Africa$94098998 997 $aUNINA