TY - JOUR
T1 - The University in Transformation
T2 - Rationales, Challenges and Prospective Actions
AU - Gallifa, Josep
AU - Sangrà, Albert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). European Journal of Education published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to understand the diverse rationales of the transformation of the University to respond to the challenges, evolutions and crises of the current global world, finding out what are the key aspects that articulate the discourses about its transformation. From a qualitative approach, the selected method was discourse analysis of interviews with 11 representative experts from different university cultures, sizes and World regions with senior experience in different kinds of transformation processes. The interviews explored the challenges and possible responses of universities and then were analysed to formulate ‘the right questions of our time’ on the transformation of the University in the global context. The results of the analysis allowed understanding the different meanings and levels involved as well as the motivations that are impelling the transformation of universities. Ten implicated tensions were also identified. The discussion is appropriate for substantiating the discourse on the transformation of the University, useful for the agents involved in it, as well as for understanding the prospective trends.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to understand the diverse rationales of the transformation of the University to respond to the challenges, evolutions and crises of the current global world, finding out what are the key aspects that articulate the discourses about its transformation. From a qualitative approach, the selected method was discourse analysis of interviews with 11 representative experts from different university cultures, sizes and World regions with senior experience in different kinds of transformation processes. The interviews explored the challenges and possible responses of universities and then were analysed to formulate ‘the right questions of our time’ on the transformation of the University in the global context. The results of the analysis allowed understanding the different meanings and levels involved as well as the motivations that are impelling the transformation of universities. Ten implicated tensions were also identified. The discussion is appropriate for substantiating the discourse on the transformation of the University, useful for the agents involved in it, as well as for understanding the prospective trends.
KW - integral university
KW - leadership
KW - professional and personal development
KW - transformation
KW - universityhigher education
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U2 - 10.1111/ejed.12872
DO - 10.1111/ejed.12872
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85211227402
SN - 0141-8211
VL - 60
JO - European Journal of Education
JF - European Journal of Education
IS - 1
M1 - e12872
ER -