Introductions: What kind of University ; Reflections of a scholar-gypsy -- Part 1: Knowledge and curricula: Changing research practices ; The link between knowledge and learning ; Student learning and academic choice: The rules of coherence ; PhD or professional doctorate-Is there a choice? -- Part 2: Access and participation: Making the educational system more equal ; The urban/metropolitan university: Land-grant university of the twenty-first century -- Part 3: Governance: Why universities need leaders: The importance of departmental leadership ; Changes in institutional governance structures: The Dutch case ; Changing the rules of the game: The transformation of decision-making patterns in Swiss universities since the early 1990s ; Higher education development in transitional societies ; Information technology and changing roles in the academy ; Autonomy, governance and accountablity -- Part 4: Which futures?: Restructuring the university for technological change ; The university of the future-Place, process or paradigm?

1. Education
2. Higher -- Aims and objectives
3. Education
4. Higher -- Curricula
5. College students
6. Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Case studies