Engage with the community
FROM an Ivory Tower to a Trading Tower and now a Human Tower! These are the three major waves that can be ascribed to the evolution of universities in recent times. From being institutions which are isolated and engrossed in academic work for its own sake, universities were suddenly thrust into...
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| description | FROM an Ivory Tower to a Trading Tower and now a Human Tower! These are the three major waves that can be ascribed to the evolution of universities in recent times.
From being institutions which are isolated and engrossed in academic work for its own sake, universities were suddenly thrust into another role -- to cooperate with industry as a means of transferring their knowledge for commercial use.
This task is so dominant that many fear that universities have somewhat been transformed into trading posts where knowledge becomes commodities to be traded.
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| spelling | usm-324352017-03-17T02:46:28Z http://eprints.usm.my/32435/ Engage with the community Abd Razak, Dzulkifli LC Special aspects of education FROM an Ivory Tower to a Trading Tower and now a Human Tower! These are the three major waves that can be ascribed to the evolution of universities in recent times. From being institutions which are isolated and engrossed in academic work for its own sake, universities were suddenly thrust into another role -- to cooperate with industry as a means of transferring their knowledge for commercial use. This task is so dominant that many fear that universities have somewhat been transformed into trading posts where knowledge becomes commodities to be traded. 2010-10-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32435/1/DZUL39.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2010) Engage with the community. New Sunday Times. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Engage with the community |
| title_short | Engage with the community |
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| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32435/ http://eprints.usm.my/32435/1/DZUL39.pdf |