TY - BOOK AU - Teo,Anthony S.C. AU - Carolin,Peter ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Univer-cities: strategic implications for Asia : readings from Cambridge and Berkeley, to Singapore AV - LC238.4.A78 U65 2013eb U1 - 378.1/03 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New Jersey PB - World Scientific KW - University of Cambridge KW - University of California, Berkeley KW - Nanyang Technological University KW - University towns KW - Asia KW - Community and college KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cambridge future / by Peter Carolin -- Berkeley : campus and community / by Richard Bender, Emily Marthinsen and John Parman -- Conversations in futures of univer-cities in the Asia Pacific : Singapore--place & education in the 21st century / by Harold Guida and andrew donnelly -- Yunnan Gardens master plan / by Anthony Teo; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "Univer-cities : Strategic Implications for Asia aims to redefine the multi-faceted symbiotic relationship between universities and host cities. The four readings in this reader will invite readers to challenge the traditional view of what a university is as a place, and re-define the university as a space; drawing discoverers, creators, and seekers who are keen to preserve and enhance the value of higher education in Asia. The reader will also show how universities can make a huge and innovative impact on the immediate, surrounding, and global communities that are drawn into its ambit of its campus and sought out by the university in inter-univer-city and trans-disciplinary linkages"-- UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10719569 ER -