By way of conclusion

LW Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

The University at the Crossroadsto a Sustainable Future. Much like the 11th Glion Colloquium in 2017, during the 12thColloquium there was less emphasis on the themes that are famil-iar among university leaders like financial sustainability, research opportunities, rankings and internationalization. To use a phrase from the concluding remarks of the …

Preface of the University in a Polarizing World

LW Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

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 Cambridge, new discoveries have been forged to transform the way we live and …

Glion Colloquium X – Summary

GK Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

In June 2015, the leaders of many of the world’s most distinguished research universities gathered in Glion-above-Montreux to participate in the GlionX Colloquium to consider the array of responsibilities, priorities and con2015, the leaders of many of the world’s most distinguished researchstraints that both guide and shape their institutions. The …

Preface to university priorities and constraints

GK Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Preface and Conclusion, Uncategorized

Since its launch in 1998, the Glion Colloquium has established itselfas both a key international forum and a highly influential resource inaddressing the challenges and responsibilities of the world’s research universities. Held every two years, the forum brings together leaders of research universities, often joined by key figures from business …

Preface to Preparing Universities for an Era of Change

LW Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

The Glion Colloquium has established itself as an influential resource in addressing both the challenges and responsibilities of the world’s research universities. Every two years, the Glion Colloquium provides a forum for research university leaders to consider together the role that the world’s leading universities should play in addressing the …

Summary and conclusion to Preparing Universities for an Era of Change

LW Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

The Colloquium was organized into five topical sessions: • the changing purpose, role and relationship of research universities • the changing nature of discovery, learning and innovation • the cost, price, and value of higher education • the changing nature and character of research universities: developed countries • the changing …

Summary of the Colloquium

GK Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

The VIII Glion Colloquium was held in June 2011 to consider the roles that could be played by the  world’s research universities in addressing the various challenges of global sustainability in the broadest sense, e.g., climate, environmental, economic, health, poverty and geopolitical. This included  considerations not only of how research …

Preface to the Globalization of Higher Education

GK Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion

The Sixth Glion Colloquium brought together university leaders from around the world in Glion above  Montreux, Switzerland, to consider the challenges, opportunities and responsibilities presented to  higher education by the emerging global, knowledge-driven economy. Launched in 1998 by Professors  Luc Weber (University of Geneva) and Werner Hirsch (University of California), …