Pick up your copy of the Anniversary book ‘The Maastricht Experiment’

At the end of December 2016, the book ‘The Maastricht Experiment. On the challenges faced by a young university 1976-2016’, written by historian Dr Annemieke Klijn was published on the occasion of Maastricht University’s 40th anniversary. ‘The Maastricht Experiment’ closes the jubilee year (2016) and a copy is available for all. You can pick up the book at the reception of Grote Gracht 90-92 from Thursday 12 January until Friday 10 February.

The new university, founded in 1976 as the State University of Limburg was expected to promote innovation within Dutch higher education by developing experimental degree programmes – which explains the title, The Maastricht Experiment. The obvious choice for the university was to adopt an international outlook – today, over half of its more than 16,000 students are from outside the Netherlands. As a non-classical university, it had to gain recognition within the existing university system: an effort that also enabled it to grow and acquire a distinct character. Inspiration for educational reform was sought – and found – in Canada and the United States.

This book came about on the initiative of Maastricht University’s Art and Heritage Commission, which considers it its duty to promote not only the institution’s tangible heritage, but also its intangible heritage. Recording the stories of the men and women, who helped give shape to this university can, in somewhat irreverent terms, be considered the cherishing of ‘living heritage’. The publication was supported by the SWOL (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Limburg).

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