by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, KAUST 2010 Education, research and economic development are among the highest priorities established by King Abdullah for Saudi Arabia. An equally important overriding priority for him is the development of women for greater participation in 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, Governance and leadership, Human Resources, Research & Innovation
Wayne Johnson, HP University Relations Worldwide 2010 Success today hinges on our abilities to harness human potential, combine creativity with new knowledge and ensure economic impact is quickly derived from money spent on research. U.S. strength continues to lie in...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Gururaj Deshpande, Sparta Group 2010 After a short tenure in teaching at universities, I have pursued an entrepreneurial career since 1980. Nine years ago, when I joined the MICorporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I got reconnected back to the academic world....
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, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Nam Pyo Suh, KAIST 2010 Innovation has become the buzzword of the 21st century and even more so now after the current economic meltdown, as nations around the world have the enormous task of rebuilding their economies. It is generally agreed that innovation refers to...
