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II. Higher Education, Higher Education Policy (Higher Education Law, Higher Education Organisation, Personnel Structure, Student Body, Educational Assistance, Higher Education Statistics)
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author VÄLIMAA, Jussi
Title Knowledge society discourse and higher education / Jussi Välimaa ; David Hoffman
Publication year 2008
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 56 (2008) 3, S. 265 - 285
Inventory number 24777
Keywords Informationsgesellschaft / Wissensgesellschaft ; Hochschule : gegenwärtige Situation ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein
Abstract The growing importance of knowledge, research and innovation are changing the social role of universities in the globalized world. One of the most popular concepts used to approach these changes in post-industrial and post-modern societies is the concept of ?Knowledge Society?. In this paper, we will analyse the roles higher education is expected to play with regard to various knowledge society discourses. We will begin with analyzing the uses of knowledge society as an intellectual device and continue by reflecting on how changes in higher education are related to knowledge society discourses in national, regional and global levels. In the final section we will reflect on current challenges and expectations generated within these discourses for higher education and the implications these expectations have for higher education research. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Välimaa, Jussi, E-Mail: jussi.valimaa@ktl.jyu.fi