Congratulations to Timo Aarrevaara, Martin Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones, Jisun Jung and all contributors! This book explores the complex, multi-faceted relationships between national research and innovation systems and higher education.

This is their mission and their challenge. If universities are to remain true to their higher purpose, they must also find a higher gear. Ed Byrne and Charles Clarke show how transforming universities can change the world.

This book sets out to understand the significance of geographical context – place – for universities in the globalised setting of the twenty-first century.

Public universities in the United States have experienced continual state budget reductions since 2008.

This book reviews the social role of universities in their local urban contexts and describes a number of initiatives of major interest in terms of the impact achieved, the range of stakeholders involved, and the significance of the ...

... Social, 2–5, 10, 14, 15, 19–23, 28 Social and political system, 4 Social and public good roles, 101 Social change ... infrastructure, 4, 24 Social innovation, 4, 43 Social justice, 14, 34, 47, 84 Socially, collective values, 100 ...

"This book provides a sound overview of the ways that technology influences the human and organizational aspects of higher education and how technology is changing the relationship between faculty and students, higher education experience, ...

While universities world over are undergoing reforms and change, in the case of African universities as illustrated in this book, the reforms and changes are profound and can best be described as transformative.