Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Our expectations of universities in the next few decades: Developments in universities responsibilities and functions

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

A. Paya 1
H. Ebrahimabadi 2

1 Professor of Philosophy, Islamic College, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

2 Associate Professor of Psychology, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2022.4784.4697
Abstract
Much has been written about the future of universities. One can safely assume that experts will continue to present their views concerning this important issue in a bid to inform and enlighten policymakers as well as the public. In this paper, we try to deal with some aspects of the future of universities not much discussed by other researchers. Following a brief introduction to one of the important issues related to the higher education systems, i.e., the issue of conceptual changes, developments in the social and cultural contexts, and technological advances all in relation to higher education, we turn our attention to the problem of the decline of current models of university. We next discuss the impact of emergent (NBIC) technologies on the modes of teaching in future. In the last section we provide our own account of the future of the university in Iran and highlight some of the conditions necessary for its realization.

Keywords

university of the future
decline of current models of university
Zombie Universities
NBIC technologies
future of the university in Iran

Subjects

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