Universities and Corporate Universities: The

An exploration of the world of higher education and higher learning, and its relationship to the corporate world and the global learning society. Peter Jarvis synthesizes developments in HE, training and corporate research and development in order to map the future of learning and training.

Peter Jarvis is Professor for Continuing Education in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Surrey, UK.

Preface

vii

About the author

ix

Universities under pressure

1

(19)

The changing status of the university

3

(3)

Changing student clientele

6

(2)

The universities and the marketplace for learning

8

(3)

The changing forms of knowledge

11

(3)

The changing nature of research

14

(1)

Changing methods of delivery of programmes

15

(2)

The changing role of the academic

17

(1)

Conclusion

18

(2)

Globalization and its implications

20

(17)

The processes of economic globalization

20

(9)

The nation state and universities

29

(3)

The university and its region

32

(3)

Conclusion

35

(2)

Knowledge and the knowledge society

37

(21)

The nature of the knowledge society

38

(2)

The nature of knowledge

40

(6)

Practical knowledge

46

(4)

Research

50

(3)

Managing knowledge

53

(3)

Conclusion

56

(2)

From teaching to learning

58

(19)

The dissemination of knowledge

58

(2)

Teaching

60

(1)

From teaching to learning

61

(4)

Lifelong learning

65

(4)

Innovations in teaching

69

(3)

Distance education

72

(2)

Learning and research

74

(2)

Conclusion

76

(1)

Universities and the learning society

77

(19)

The learning society

77

(11)

Learning cities

88

(3)

The learning organization

91

(3)

Conclusion

94

(2)

The corporate university (academy) of the university

96

(15)

The corporate nature of the university

97

(6)

The university's corporate academy (university)

103

(4)

Universities at the crossroads

107

(2)

Conclusion

109

(2)

The corporate university

111

(18)

The history and expansion of the corporate university

112

(4)

Characteristics and programmes of corporate universities

116

(6)

Corporate universities as universities

122

(6)

Conclusion

128

(1)

The lifelong learning industry

129

(11)

The corporate universities

132

(3)

The universities

135

(3)

Conclusion

138

(2)

What is the university?

140

(10)

The concept of `university'

142

(3)

The distinctive features of traditional universities

145

(2)

Discourse about the university

147

(2)

Conclusion

149

(1)

References

150

(12)

Index

162

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Universities and Corporate Universities: The Higher Learning Industry in Global Society

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