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Conversation is key — Universities and their responsibility for societal development
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership

Sabine Kunst In the winter of 1827/28, half of the city of Berlin — from the workers to the members of court society — listened to Alexander von Humboldt’s legendary Cosmos Lectures, which form the nucleus of his great work. At each lecture, hundreds of listeners...

Towards Sustainable Development — The Role of Universities in Lifelong Education
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership

Tan Eng Chye In this era of globalization and rapid change, the notion that a university is a place solely to get a degree will, in time, be superseded by a realization that even after graduating from university, none of us can afford to stop learning. The learning...

Pioneering Intellectuals and Innovation of Higher Education
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation

Jaeho Yeom CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY. The 21st century is transforming the social modes of human civiliza-tion at an unprecedented scale and speed. Digitization is changing the world. The massive transformation of working behaviour,...

Universities as drivers of societal development?
2020

by Luc Weber | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities

Michael O. Hengartner and Anna Däppen Research and teaching have always been the two core missions of uni-versities. But, central as they are, they only cover part of the spectrum of activities of modern universities. Indeed, urgent global challenges and the ongoing...

Science systems under pressure: The entrepreneurial must of traditional universities in the 21st century
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation

Andrea Schenker-Wicki THE EVOLUTION OF UNIVERSITIES. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century of the Common Era, the public education system almost completely disappeared, with just a few church schools remaining. It was not until centuries later, when...

The role of a rising university in an emerging international metropolis
2020

by LW | Jun 30, 2020 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities

Shiyi Chen THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY IN THE AGE OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. Colleges and universities are among the oldest type of organization, orig-inating from the medieval age. In the long historical trajectory of this social institution, it is commonly recognized...
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