The Features and Roles of Universities in Creative Cities

The Features and Roles of Universities in Creative Cities

Khaled Salah Kotb
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4948-3.ch014
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Abstract

Universities are the most important institutions that any city needs to establish a good environment for producing knowledge in a creative way in knowledge economy age. This chapter investigated the nature of the relationship between the universities and creative cities and how could universities contribute in transforming a creative city through spreading culture and values of creativity. The limits of this role were studied and cases of creative universities all over the world were discussed. A descriptive analytical approach was used through analyzing previous studies and literature to identify the following points: 1) the universities as educational institutions (concept and roles), 2) creativity and creative cities and creative universities concepts, 3) the relations between creative city and higher education institutions, 4) universities in creative cities' practices all over the world, 5) a model of creative university. Features, requirements, and roles will be discussed.
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1 The Universities As Educational Institutions: Concept And Roles

The word “university” is derived from the Latin word “Universitas”, which means “community of teachers and scholars”. It is an institution for higher education and research, which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines. Universities are, as it were, the pinnacle of a system of education, guarding an intellectual inheritance and ensuring that it is preserved through its transmission to the next generation.

Universities developed to be a part of a wider network of social and educational institutions, and this network constantly change as a response to changing economic and social factors. (Pring, 2007) Universities are not just a higher education institution that award several academic degrees, but they have much deeper roles. They represent beacons for illumination, producing and transmission of knowledge in any society. The long history of universities' development in Europe the other developed countries referrers to their role as forces for changing and for modernization of societies.

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