This book explores how the notion of the responsible university manifests itself at various levels within Nordic higher education. As the impetus of the knowledge society has catapulted the higher education sector to the forefront of policy agendas, universities and other types of higher education institutions face increasing scrutiny, assessment and accountability. This book examines this phenomenon using the Nordic countries as cases in point, given the strong public commitment towards widening participation and public research investments. The editors and contributors analyse the history and current transformations of the idea of the responsible university, investigate new innovations in the educational landscape and look into how universities have begun to organise themselves to become more responsible. Drawing together scholars from the humanities and the social sciences, this interdisciplinary collection will be of interest and value to students and scholars of the role and nature of the modern university, in addition to practitioners and policy makers tasked with finding solutions to address the competing and often contradictory demands posed by a responsibility agenda.
Author(s): Mads Sørensen, Lars Geschwind, Jouni Kekäle, Rómulo Pinheiro
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 324
Tags: Higher Education, University
Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Responsible Universities in Context (Lars Geschwind, Jouni Kekäle, Rómulo Pinheiro, Mads P. Sørensen)....Pages 3-29
Front Matter ....Pages 31-31
The Changing Meanings of ‘Responsible University’. From a Nordic-Keynesian Welfare State to a Schumpeterian Competition State (Mikko Kohvakka, Arto Nevala, Hanna Nori)....Pages 33-60
The Modernisation Agenda and University Irresponsibility Repertoires (Paul Benneworth)....Pages 61-86
Lost in Transition? On the Migration to English Language Research Publications (Mads P. Sørensen, Mitchell Young, Pernille Bak Pedersen)....Pages 87-114
Front Matter ....Pages 115-115
Higher Education; For Free, For Everyone, For Real? Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the Responsible University: History and Enacting Rationalities for MOOC Initiatives at Three Swedish Universities (Linda Barman, Cormac McGrath, Christian Stöhr)....Pages 117-143
Co-creation with Companies: A Means to Enhance Societal Impact of University Researchers? (Kirsi Pulkkinen, Antti Hautamäki)....Pages 145-172
Does a Responsible University Need a Third Mission? (James Karlsen, Miren Larrea)....Pages 173-199
Front Matter ....Pages 201-201
Technical Education in Jeopardy? Assessing the Interdisciplinary Faculty Structure in a University Merger (Tea Vellamo, Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen)....Pages 203-232
Responsible University: In Search of HR and Leadership Solutions (Jouni Kekäle, Jenni Varis)....Pages 233-256
The Responsible University in Southeast Asia: A Tale of the Transition from an Elite to a Mass Higher Education System (Laila Nordstrand Berg, Rómulo Pinheiro, Puguh Prasetya Utomo, Pradnika Yunic Nurhayati)....Pages 257-287
Front Matter ....Pages 289-289
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Towards a Nordic Model of the Responsible University? (Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Jouni Kekäle, Mads P. Sørensen)....Pages 291-312
Back Matter ....Pages 313-318
