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Out of the Academic Echo Chamber: universities embracing innovation from unexpected places
2020

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

Alice P. Gast The sometimes-surprising trends of the last three years, from the rise of populism to the distrust of expertise, have led many to accuse the global elite, and academics in particular, of being out of touch with society and stuck in narrow “echo...

Conversation is key — Universities and their responsibility for societal development
2020

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

Sabine Kunst In the winter of 1827/28, half of the city of Berlin — from the workers to the members of court society — listened to Alexander von Humboldt’s legendary Cosmos Lectures, which form the nucleus of his great work. At each lecture, hundreds of listeners...

Towards Sustainable Development — The Role of Universities in Lifelong Education
2020

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

Tan Eng Chye In this era of globalization and rapid change, the notion that a university is a place solely to get a degree will, in time, be superseded by a realization that even after graduating from university, none of us can afford to stop learning. The learning...

Pioneering Intellectuals and Innovation of Higher Education
2020

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

Jaeho Yeom CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY. The 21st century is transforming the social modes of human civiliza-tion at an unprecedented scale and speed. Digitization is changing the world. The massive transformation of working behaviour,...

Science systems under pressure: The entrepreneurial must of traditional universities in the 21st century
2020

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

Andrea Schenker-Wicki THE EVOLUTION OF UNIVERSITIES. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century of the Common Era, the public education system almost completely disappeared, with just a few church schools remaining. It was not until centuries later, when...
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