Didactics in higher education: On stakeholders, Cheshire cats and fortune tellers: Changing perceptions of the university

This article is an abridged version of the inaugural lecture given by Prof. G. Neave on the occasion of his appointment as Chair of Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies in the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of Public Policy and Administration of the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of Public Policy and Public Administration on 14 March 2002.