by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Research & Innovation
John Niland, New South Wales University 2012 More than ever, research universities live in an environment heavily impacted by the forces of globalization. Their strategic thinking continues to be influenced by robust competition in critical areas such as funding,...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Howard Newby, University of Liverpool 2012 Higher education is now unarguably a global activity. In a digitally connected world, where capital and labour flow increasingly freely without hindrance from national boundaries, universities are no less subject to the...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Frank Rhodes, Cornell University 2010 If “[a] week”, as the late British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once pointedly remarked, “is a long time in politics”, so also, a decade is a long time in higher education. It represents the graduation of two or three generations...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Russel Jones & Arif Al Hammadi, Khalifa University 2010 In the race to diversify their economies beyond oil and gas predominance, several Middle East Countries are moving to develop “knowledge-based” economies. Higher education, particularly in technical areas,...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Michel Bénard, HP University Relations 2010 As recorded since the very beginning of our written history, knowledge has been progressing by accumulating the experience of past and present generations (Van Doren, 1991). The creation of new knowledge has been performed...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Missions & Responsibilities
Howard Newby, Liverpool University 2008 Although the topic for this paper implies a focus on Europe, the issues I want to address are by no means limited to that continent. Without wishing to minimize the significance of national differences and continental...
