by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Leszek BORYSIEWICZ, University of Cambridge 2014 Research — the generation or collection of knowledge — is of the greatest importance. It can affect individual lives, society at large and even the fate of our planet. Uncountable sums of money are spent, and usually...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Jie Zhang & al., Shanghai JiaO Tong University 2014 along with China’s booming economy, the past three decades have seen tremendous progress in higher education in China. In 1982, only 1% of 18- to 22-year-olds had the opportunity to participate in higher...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources
Sijbolt Noorda, University of Amsterdam 2014 A university without faculty is like a bicycle without wheels. It won’t get you very far. I know this is a matter of course, forcing an open door. Yet, precisely because it is obvious that universities without teachers and...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Eva Akesson, Uppsala University 2014 Sweden has for a long time been spared from armed conflicts and major disruptive social problems. During the past decades, we have gone from a homogeneous state to an increasingly diverse and diverged country. In an international...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Hunter Rawlings, Association of American Universities (AAU) 2014 GROWING PRESSURES TO ADOPT UTILITARIAN MISSION Across the country, state governors and governing boards are demanding that undergraduate education focus on the preparation of students for immediate jobs,...
