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Cities, research universities and the economic geography of innovation
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation

Meric Gertler, University of Toronto 2016 Within the past decade, an increasingly pervasive view argues that“the world is flat”, and that location matters less and less whenit comes to economic activity (Friedman, 2005). Information and communication technologies are...

The Future of universities-academic freedom – autonomy and competition revisited
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources

Bernd Huber, Ludwig Maximilian University 2016 Over the last 50 years, universities and tertiary education have experienced a remarkable, unprecedented expansion. Europe, the continent with the oldest universities, provides a case in point: Before- World War II, only...

The university in the 21st century
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities

Luc Weber, University of Geneva 2016 The University is one of the greatest inventions of the second millennium (Rhodes, 1998). Europe can be particularly proud of this, given that the University is first and foremost a European institution which — while keeping its...

Intellectual change – creating the university of the 21st century
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities

Linda Katehi, UC Davis 2016 Change has typically come so slowly to higher education that someeducators have been known to tell a joke about a man, similar toRip Van Winkle in the classic Washington Irving short story by the same name, who woke up after being asleep...

The role of universities and social needs in times of great change
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities

Atsushi Seike, Keio University 2016 It goes without saying that universities are social entities, and the very meaning of their existence is directly related to whether they can serveand benefit society. Although this may vary widely among universities, and an...
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