by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities
Tony Tan Keng Yam 2008 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the last 800 years in...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Brenda Gourley, Open University 2008 Many things have been forever changed by the forces of globalization that have swept the world in the last couple of decades. Higher Education is one of them. It has also been changed by the imperatives of a knowledge society, a...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources, Research & Innovation
Wayne Johnson, HP University Relations Worldwide 2008 The past decade has brought tumultuous change to industry, effectively rewriting the assumptions and rules of how global business is conducted and of where to locate one’s operations and why. The advancement of...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Patrick Aebischer, Federal Institute of Technology 2008 The academic world is more global than ever: competition for talents, international mobility both of students and faculty, diversification of funding are some of the main features of this changing environment...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Bob Zemsky, University of Pennsylvania 2008 My purpose in this essay is to draw a distinction between being “global” and being “international”. I would like to begin, however, from a more personal perspective. For more than 40 years now I have spent a substantial...
by GK | Jan 1, 2008 | Chapters and other contributions
Vladimir Troyan, University of Saint-Petersburg 2008 Modern knowledge, economy and social development are creating a new, rapidly changing intellectual labour market. Institutes of higher education should constantly modify and upgrade educational programmes and...
