中文摘要：

知识社会是一个知识高度丰富、知识价值大大提高的社会。在知识社会中，随着知识生产模式的转型，大学将不再是唯一的，甚至也不再是主要的知识机构。为了适应这种新情境，现代大学要么转型，要么被淘汰。在知识社会，办好大学理念、办学制度，需要更新组织边界需要重构，组织功能，需要精简在与其他知识机构的竞争中取得优势。

英文摘要：

Knowledge society, in which knowledge is greatly valued, is knowledge -intensive. With the transformation of the pattern in knowledge production, universities will not be the only or even the main institution for knowledge production. Facing the new trend, university should take actions to transform, otherwise it will be eliminated. Under the background of knowledge society, university should update its concept as well as its institution, reorganize its boundary and simplify its function to win in the competition with other institutions for knowledge production.