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Burton Clark, in Creating EntrepreneurialUniversities, defined the characteristics of what henamed `innovative universities'. The paper considersthese characteristics -- particularly suchuniversities' willingness to adapt to changingenvironments and how they seek to do so. Itidentifies the challenges facing universities andconsiders why universities need to adapt theirresearch, teaching and learning, and knowledgetransfer. Innovative universities do seek to escapehistory -- they adapt to change.

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  1. University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands.

    Frans van Vught

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van Vught, F. Innovative Universities. Tertiary Education and Management 5, 347–355 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018797415944

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