The Loss and Reconstruction of Imagination in Modern Universities
As an important"intellectual quality",university imagination is characterized by cognition,practicality and creativity.In the process of development,the university has undergone a transformation from a classical university to a rational university and then to an entrepreneurial university.During this transfer,univer-sity imagination plays a leading role.The high-quality development of higher education in the new era requires further reconstruction of imagination to promote the transformation of universities.However,the traditional school-running mode disciplines the imagination of universities.The socially embedded university governance system restricts the practical imagination of universities and the complex external environment in the VUCA era confines the revolutionary imagination of universities.All these factors lead to the loss of the imagination of the modern university.Therefore,the reconstruction of university imagination requires the construction of"feasible Utopia",which is beyond traditional ideas and the innovation of governance system to expand the space of uni-versity imagination.Besides,constructing multiple structure based on changing situations also contributes to the reconstruction of university imagination.
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