
There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But...

The university, both in its form and the ideas through which it is understood, continues to evolve. In this book, Ron Barnett questions: Just what is it to be a university? And what might the university become