The University and the Global Knowledge Society

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
The University

The Worldwide Instantiation of the University

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Research Universities ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
The University ◽  
University Expansion

This chapter describes the multi-dimensional expansion of the university, focusing especially on its accumulating numbers and global diffusion. It stresses the transcendence and universalism of the university at the global level. It also analyzes how university expansion is expected to occur earlier and more fully in the global core than in the global periphery, in democracies than in dictatorships, in the natural sciences than in the social sciences or humanities, and in world-class research universities more than local teaching colleges. The chapter highlights the university as a global institution and the global knowledge society that arises upon it. It examines the spread of universities around the world and studies local instances of a general model that is a central point to sociological neo-institutional theory.

The University and the Global Knowledge Society

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
The University

scholarly journals The University and the Global Knowledge Society de David J. Frank y John W. Meyer

2021 ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Andrés Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
The University

Reseña de libro The University and the Global Knowledge Society de David J. Frank y John W. Meyer

Reflections on the Global Knowledge Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Global Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Content ◽  
The University

This chapter analyzes the resultant model of a knowledge society dependent on the credentials and cultural content provided by the university. It describes universalistic rationalism as the defining characteristic of knowledge society, which is more than the differentiation theorists have sometimes imagined. It also reflects on the properties of a society that depends so heavily on a knowledge system that so often in the past seemed exotic and far removed from ordinary social experience. The chapter focuses on the nature of knowledge and conceptions of society as they are capitalized in knowledge society. It discusses the postwar dominance of a liberal order as an imagined image of a global society rooted in shared knowledge and massive schooling that has some properties of a binge.

The University and the Global Knowledge Society

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Higher Education Access ◽  
Education Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
The University

The university is experiencing an unprecedented level of success today, as more universities in more countries educate more students in more fields. At the same time, the university has become central to a knowledge society based on the belief that everyone can, through higher education, access universal truths and apply them in the name of progress. This book traces the university's rise over the past hundred years to become the cultural linchpin of contemporary society, revealing how the so-called ivory tower has become profoundly interlinked with almost every area of human endeavor. The book describes how, as the university expanded, student and faculty bodies became larger, more diverse, and more empowered to turn knowledge into action. Their contributions to society underscored the public importance of scholarship, and as the cultural authority of universities grew they increased the scope of their research and teaching interests. As a result, the university has become the bedrock of today's information-based society, an institution that is now implicated in the solution to every conceivable problem. But, as the book also shows, the conditions that helped spur the university's recent ascendance are not immutable: eruptions of nationalism, authoritarianism, and illiberalism undercut the university's universalistic and rationalistic premises, and may threaten the centrality of the university itself.

The Indian University in a Comparative Perspective

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.R. Madhava Menon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
University System ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The purpose of looking at Indian universities in a comparative perspective is obviously to locate it among higher education institutions across the world and to identify its strengths and weaknesses in the advancement of learning and research. In doing so, one can discern the directions for reform in order to put the university system in a competitive advantage for an emerging knowledge society. This chapter looks at the current state of universities in India and highlights the initiatives under way for change and proposes required policy changes.

Malaysian Knowledge Society and the Global Knowledge Gap

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Dieter Evers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Industrialised Countries

Knowledge has been widely recognised as the most important factor of production in a "new economy". The production, dissemination and utilisation of knowledge are therefore essential for development. Some countries, Malaysia among others, have embarked on an ambitious plan to use knowledge as a base for economic development, by-passing earlier stages of industrialisation. Some commentators have, in contrast, asserted "that it is doubtful that the knowledge revolution will let developing countries leapfrog to higher levels of development" as "the knowledge economy will actually expand the gap between rich and poor" (Persaud, 2001:108). The paper discusses this controversy by arguing that the knowledge-gap (k-gap) is in fact a precondition for development. It is, however, no natural phenomenon but it is constructed by experts and governments. Socio-economic indicators are used to show that the existing global knowledge gap is widening between Southeast Asia and the OECD countries and within ASEAN. Malaysia, whose government has pursued a vigorous strategy of knowledge development is moving ahead of other ASEAN nations, but falling behind industrialised countries. Factors explaining the situation are outlined in this article.

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