Universities need to transform in various ways if they are to respond effectively to the socio-economic and technological demands of today's world, according to internationally respected scholar Manuel Castells. But despite the many challenges and opportunities facing universities, many "continue to be corporatist and bureaucratic", rigid in their functioning and primarily concerned with defending their own and professors' interests.
The global knowledge economy and society is based on processing information, which is also what universities are primarily about, Castells said during a lecture on higher education delivered at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa recently.
"Therefore the quality, effectiveness and relevance of the university system will be directly related to the ability of people, society and institutions to develop."
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Source: University World News, Issue No: 0096 11 October 2009
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