Leapfrogging toward the “singularity”: innovative knowledge production on market‐driven campuses

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to focus on the production and application of seven knowledge production Modes in support of continuous innovation societies (CIS).

Design/methodology/approach

Seven tertiary educational archetypes are constructed as engines for creating and supporting CIS, with attention to the modal types of knowledge that each produces together with markets for this knowledge.

Findings

The most important “on the horizon” type of knowledge identified for the future of tertiary education is Mode III, or knowledge produced by and for the individual. The division of knowledge production is projected within tertiary education through leadership or lagging indicator choices, and the associated roles of faculty, students, and stakeholders.

Originality/value

Special emphasis is placed on the future of leapfrog campus, or the campus capable of, or aspiring to, new leadership status in support of CIS.

Citation

Harkins, A.M. and Kubik, G.H. (2006), "Leapfrogging toward the “singularity”: innovative knowledge production on market‐driven campuses", On the Horizon, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1108/10748120610690672