by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Jie Zhang, Shanghai Jia Tong University 2008 Globalization means more competition and that a nation’s investment, production and innovation are not limited by its borders. Internationalization, according to Levin (2001), is one set of behaviour influenced by...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
John Waterbury, American University in Lebanon 2008 Lebanon’s very name evokes images of civil strife and destruction, of a society almost hopelessly divided and open to exploitation by state and non state actors well beyond its borders. It is estimated that as many...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Yuko Harayama-Yost, Tohoku University 2008 In order to understand the radical changes that Japanese universities have been undergoing in recent years, the observer has to keep in mind three essential facts: the demographic factor as an engine behind the changes, the...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Missions & Responsibilities
Howard Newby, Liverpool University 2008 Although the topic for this paper implies a focus on Europe, the issues I want to address are by no means limited to that continent. Without wishing to minimize the significance of national differences and continental...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities
Georg Winckler, University of Vienna 2008 Universities in continental Europe have a long tradition of nearly one thousand years, incorporating the idea of the “Greek academia”. The foundation of universities spread rapidly throughout medieval Europe, with Bologna...