by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
Glion Declaration II 2010 As we approach the end of the first decade of the new millennium, it is useful to review the road that our global community has travelled. The dawn of the new millennium was a time not only of celebration, but also of optimism and hope....
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Luc E. Weber, University of Geneva 2010 About 25 years ago, the world entered a period that we can call — although it is not brutal or quasi-instantaneous, but progressive — a revolution, which is rooted in political and economic, as well as scientific and...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Dieter Lenzen, Free University of Berlin 2010 I do think that the terms Bildung and innovation can be contradictory, at least they express the inner conflict felt by a person, who is responsible for change in an institution — the university — and therefore for...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Jamil Salmi, World Bank Tertiary Education 2010 Preoccupations about university rankings reflect the general recognition that economic growth and global competitiveness are increasingly driven by knowledge and that universities play a key role in that context....
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Bernd Huber, Ludwig Maximilian University 2010 For more than 200 years, the German university system has followed the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt — the unity of research and teaching, the freedom of teaching being the most important of Humboldt’s principles. These...
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...
