Univer-cities strategic implications for Asia : readings from Cambridge and Berkeley, to Singapore /
"Univer-cities : Strategic Implications for Asia aims to redefine the multi-faceted symbiotic relationship between universities and host cities. The four readings in this reader will invite readers to challenge the traditional view of what a university is as a place, and re-define the universit...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Jersey :
World Scientific,
2013.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | "Univer-cities : Strategic Implications for Asia aims to redefine the multi-faceted symbiotic relationship between universities and host cities. The four readings in this reader will invite readers to challenge the traditional view of what a university is as a place, and re-define the university as a space; drawing discoverers, creators, and seekers who are keen to preserve and enhance the value of higher education in Asia. The reader will also show how universities can make a huge and innovative impact on the immediate, surrounding, and global communities that are drawn into its ambit of its campus and sought out by the university in inter-univer-city and trans-disciplinary linkages"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 138 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |