1 Aims and Purposes of the University in Europe in the Year 2000.- I: Formulating the Problem.- II: Present Trends relative to the traditional Tasks of the University.- III: Present Trends in Group Attitudes and Pressures.- IV: Aims and Purposes of the University.- 2 Pedagogical Action.- I: Factors of Change.- II: Two present Trends in Action and Research in Pedagogy at the University Level.- III: Pedagogy and Society: Two Models.- IV: A concrete Prospective.- 3 Cost and Financing Problems in University Education.- I: Economic Constraints affecting the Development of European Universities.- II: Sources and Methods of Financing: Possible Alternatives and Implications.- III: Institutionalised Planning for Change.- 4 The University System: Structures and Relationships with the Power Structure.- I: Assumptions.- II: Trends.- III: Patterns of Evolution.- Annex 1 Three Models of Society and Their Pedagogical Implications.- Section 1: 3 models of the Evolution of European Societies.- A. Adaptation of Society to the Evolution of the present economic System.- B. Reform of Society.- C. Radical Change of Relationship between Society and the economic System.- D. Conclusion.- Section 2: The University educational System in Model 1.- Section 3: The University System in Model 2.- Section 4: The University System in Model 3.- General Conclusions.- Annex 2 Notes on Some Factors Related to the Evolution of Knowledge.- 1. Unity or University.- 2. Science and Ideology.- 3. Intellectual Creation.- 4. Mental Processes.- 5. The Physical Sciences and Technology in the Service of Pedagogy.- 6. Provisional Conclusions.- Annex 3 Charts: Annual Increase in University Expenditure for 1950/60-1970.- Statistical Sources.- France.- Germany (Fed. Rep).- The Netherlands.- Norway.- United Kingdom.-United States.- Biographical Notes.