by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Rebecca Blank, University of Wisconsin 2016 Any top-rated research university has two core missions, namely, education and scholarly research. The primary focus of the institutionmust be on maintaining quality in these two areas, since the external reputation of the...
by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Alain Beretz, University of Strasbourg 2016 This paper attempts to come up with possible answers to the question:“What do universities consider to be their most important prioritiesand responsibilities in 1) addressing the challenges facing their institutions; and 2)...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Arnold van Zyl, Rector Chemnitz University of Technology 2014 In addition to the classic functions of research and teaching, universities worldwide are fulfilling additional functions within their communities. This activity is generally described as the so-called...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Luc Weber, University of Geneva 2012 Année parution Imagine you are an economic historian writing at the end of the 21st century about the second half of the 20th and first decade of the 21st. You will probably write that this period was characterized by an...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Eva Akesson, Uppsala University 2014 Sweden has for a long time been spared from armed conflicts and major disruptive social problems. During the past decades, we have gone from a homogeneous state to an increasingly diverse and diverged country. In an international...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Hunter Rawlings, Association of American Universities (AAU) 2014 GROWING PRESSURES TO ADOPT UTILITARIAN MISSION Across the country, state governors and governing boards are demanding that undergraduate education focus on the preparation of students for immediate jobs,...
