by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Antonio Loprieno, University of Geneva 2014 A SLIGHT DISCOMFORT These are very interesting times for university education at the world level, and Switzerland is indeed no exception to this generalization. The importance of higher education in our societies and our...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Chorh Chuan Tan, National University of Singapore 2014 The research university in its current form represents a remarkable and successful model where education and research and its application are brought together in synergistic ways that produce valuable new ideas,...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar, Indian Institute of Technology Dehli 2014 Education is the key to socio-economic development and character building. Higher education plays an important role in knowledge and wealth creation. Historically, one can find a good correlation...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Heather Munroe-Blum, McGill University 2012 Four years ago, in Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million citizens turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Last March, only four years later, 5,251 cities in 135 countries responded to the same...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
M.S. Ananth, IIT Madras 2012 Rapid advances in technology have had dramatic consequences. The environment that moulded life on earth over many millennia is being altered and even replaced dynamically, endangering the very life whose quality science and technology seek...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Yuko Harayama-Most et al., Tohoku University 2012 The world today is experiencing drastic transformations of its functioning and its underlying systems, driven by entrepreneurial individuals, institutions and States, characterized by increasing interdependency, and...
