Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- David Bridges and Terence McLaughlin -- PART ONE -- UNIVERSITIES, SOCIETIES AND TRANSITIONS: -- SETTING THE SCENE 1 -- 1 Comparing and Transferring: Visions, Politics, and Universities -- Robert Cowen -- 2 Conceptions of the University and the Demands -- of Contemporary Societies -- Richard Smith -- PART TWO -- UNIVERSITIES AND TRANSITIONS IN CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIETY -- 3 The Development of Higher Education for the Knowledge Society -- and the Knowledge Economy -- Palmira Juceviciene and Rimantas Vaitkus -- 4 The Role of the University in the Development of the Learning Society -- Palmira Juceviciene -- 5 The Concept of the 'Intelligent Country' -- Robertas Jucevicius -- PART THREE -- UNIVERSITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 6 Concepts of Development: the Role of Education -- Flavio Comim -- 7 The Role of the University in Regional Economic Development -- David Bridges -- 8 Regional Universities in the Baltic Sea Region: -- Higher Education and Regional Development -- Kazimierz Musial -- PART FOUR -- UNIVERSITIES AND THE DEMANDS OF THE ECONOMY -- 9 The Role of Higher Education in National Innovation Systems -- in Central and Eastern Europe -- Slavo RadoA evic and Monika Kriaucioniene -- 10 Bridging Knowledge and Economy: Technology Transfer -- and Higher Education -- Arunas LukoA evicius -- 11 The Changing Requirements for Business Management and -- Business Education in the 'Countries in Transition' -- -- Combining Cultural and Institutional Perspectives -- Giedrius Jucevicius -- 12 Competence Development for the Knowledge-Driven Economy -- Daiva Lepaite -- 13 Concepts of a Service University -- Arild Tjeldvoll and Aukse BlaA enaite -- PART FIVE -- UNIVERSITIES AND SOCIAL, CIVIC AND ETHICAL DEMANDS -- 14 Higher Education as an Agent of Social Innovation -- Brigita Janiunaite and Dalija Gudaityte -- 15 The Role of the University in Community Development: -- Responding to the Challenges of Globalization -- Irena Leliugiene and Viktorija BarA auskiene -- 16 Higher Education and its Contribution to Public Health: -- Tackling Health Inequalities Through Health Policy Development -- in Lithuania -- Vilius Grabauskas -- 17 Spirituality and Citizenship in Higher Education -- Hanan A. Alexander -- 18 Higher Education, Scientific Research and Social Change 452 -- Sir Brian Heap -- PART SIX -- UNIVERSITIES, SOCIETIES AND TRANSITIONS -- IN PERSPECTIVE -- 19 The Audit and 'Embrace' of Quality in a Higher Education System -- Under Change -- Barbara Zamorski -- 20 Universities and Societies: Traditions, Transitions and Tensions 498 -- Terence McLaughlin -- Index.