KS's Global Insights into Higher Education

Book Review: "Past and Future of University" Author: Dr. Joon Heo, Yeonsei University ( http://scsi.yonsei.ac.kr/ ) ISBN: 9788968504013 Ever since the 1960s, a revolutionary challenge has been posed against empiricism, which spread globally from the United States, based on scientific rationalism. An educational administrator wielding an 'interpretative paradigm' boldly dared to counter this prevailing ethos. In 1979, Thomas Greenfield described an organization as a "talk, chance, action, and experience." Much like Greenfield's defiance against the existing paradigm of empiricism, future societies raise fundamental questions about the paradigm upon which today's universities are based. What discourse does the university of our era conduct, what opportunities does it provide, what actions does it take, and what experiences does it offer? Moreover, what should its future look like? 'The Past and Future of the University' provides an engaging int