by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, KAUST 2010 Education, research and economic development are among the highest priorities established by King Abdullah for Saudi Arabia. An equally important overriding priority for him is the development of women for greater participation in the...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
John S. Brown, University of Southern California 2010 The educational needs of the 21st century pose a number of serious problems for current educational practices. First and foremost, we see the 21st century as a time that is characterized by constant change...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources, Teaching & Learning
Ralph Eichler, ETHZ 2010 Education is the key for success and welfare of a country. Figure 1 shows the correlation between the wealth intensity and the number of citations in scientific journals. Switzerland is among the top nations. It has a special, so-called dual...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Georg Winckler, University of Vienna 2010 In Europe, the first university started in Bologna in 1088 as “universitas magistrorum et scholarium”, a community of teachers and students. Its legitimacy was derived from a humanistic program; its activities consisted in...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Michael Crow, Arizona State University 2010 While the Glion Colloquia have brought university leaders together to exchange perspectives on an array of critical issues confronting higher education, perhaps none is more imperative to consider than the role of the...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Dieter Lenzen, Free University of Berlin 2010 I do think that the terms Bildung and innovation can be contradictory, at least they express the inner conflict felt by a person, who is responsible for change in an institution — the university — and therefore for...
