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Maintaining excellence in unstable times
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation

Leszek Borysiewicz The topic of this presentation is immediately current, even as I write this short summary. We sit at the beginning of May 2019 in the UK without any resolution to the long-running national debate that sur-rounds Brexit. This debate has polarized...

Traditional universities: challenges and opportunities
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities

Joël Mesot What is at stake? Never before has there been such a huge choice of providers of higher education as today. As this sector grows in reach and impact, it is also becoming more international. OECD data show that the mem -ber countries host more than 3.5...

The Global and the Local: Constructing a Distinctive Role for Universities in Shaping the Future
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities

David W. Leebron We are meeting on the eve of your colloquium, which is why — when I was kindly asked to kick-start our discussion this evening — I thought it would be constructive to take a step back and begin with more of a bird’s-eye view. Specifically, I would...

The Challenges of a Liberal University
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership

Pratap Bhanu Mehta The modern Indian University dates back to the establishment of the three universities in the Presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in the middle of the 19th century. Indian higher education has taken diverse forms since then, from the...

The Meaning of Being Private in the Time of Great Change
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership

Atsushi Seike Learning is, by nature, a personal activity. From an economic perspective, increasing our income by acquiring knowledge and skills through study is an “investment”, and, furthermore, obtaining knowledge and learn-ing new skills are forms of “consumption”...
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