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CHANGES IN THE WORLD AT LARGE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
FOR AKU |
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Introductory Remarks |
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It is obvious that one must look farther than
changes in the state of higher education, research and scholarship
to concieve what AKU should aim to be in 2020. We must consider
changes in the political map, in the economies of nations, and
in the meaning and boundaries of those "developing" and "Muslim"
worlds we have been confidently referring to. It is clear that
we must reflect on ideological and cultural movements that affect
universities, their students and teachers, and what is studied
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Some of the major changes since 1983 stand out
in glaring prominence. The collapse of the USSR and its empire
in Eastern Europe has brought consequences so numerous and profound
that we groupe to appreciate them. Where once the bipolarity
of the Cold War made the rest of the world a "Third World" in
which Great Powers contended, we must now ask if that convenient
term is still proper to use. And recognising that "development"
has been an ideology coloured by the competition of East and
West, we must look afresh at its meaning and future. |
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Changes that affect the countries and regions
of particular interest to AKU deserve the special attention
which we give them before surveying wider changes in the developing
and Muslim worlds. |
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