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What should a university be? How can universities make a sounder and more lasting contribution to better lives and better societies in a globalised world? From a Swedish perspective, this new book challenges current ideas about what higher education is for. It presents fifteen principles for future development that range from a discussion of the nature of knowledge to the responsibility of the university in the development of society. Universities must become better at allowing and encouraging students to develop independence of thought and action through self-formation, bildung, and personal growth rather than merely preparing them for a specific job, the books says, using a historical perspective to consider these issues. This book is written in Swedish: Vad boer en hoegskola vara? Hoegskolans ansvar ifragasatter nutidens dominerande uppfattningar om vad den hoegre utbildningen ska syssla med och hur den ska vara utformad. Boken presenterar femton principer foer radikal foerandring i allt fran kunskapssyn till den hoegre utbildningens ansvar foer samhallets framtida utveckling. Hoegskolor och universitet borde battre kunna utnyttja de enorma kunskapsresurser de besitter foer att ta sig an de stora samhallsutmaningarna. De maste ocksa se till att studenter far utveckla styrka och sjalvstandighet i tanke och handling genom en tydligare fokus pa bildning och personlig vaxt och inte bara foerbereda dem foer de foersta aren i ett framtida jobb. Framtidens samhalle kommer att krava att alla medborgare far tillgang till hoegre utbildning, ratt utformad, aterkommande genom hela livet.
