What Kind of University Book

	The Editors and Contributors
	Foreword
	Introduction	1
1	What Kind of University?	3
2	Reflections of a Scholar-Gypsy	8
Pt. 1	Knowledge and Curricula	19
3	Changing Research Practices	23
4	The Link Between Knowledge and Learning	36
5	Student Learning and Academic Choice: The Rule of Coherence	56
6	PhD or Professional Doctorate - Is There a Choice?	71
Pt. 2	Access and Participation	81
7	Against the Odds	84
8	Making the Educational System More Equal	94
9	The Urban/Metropolitan University: Land-grant University of the Twenty-first Century	102
Pt. 3	Governance	115
10	Why Universities Need Leaders: The Importance of Departmental Leadership	118
11	Changes in Institutional Governance Structures: The Dutch Case	128
12	Changing the Rules of the Game: The Transformation of Decision-making Patterns in Swiss Universities Since the Early 1990s	144
13	Higher Education Development in Transitional Societies	160
14	Information Technology and Changing Roles in the Academy	171
15	Autonomy, Governance and Accountability	193
Pt. 4	Which Futures?	203
16	Restructuring the University for Technological Change	207
17	The University of the Future - Place, Process or Paradigm?	229
18	The Future of the University: Reasonable Predictions, Hoped-for Reforms, or Technological Possibilities?	239
	Index	251
	The Society for Research into Higher Education	259