CONTRIBUTIONS BY TOPIC
Intellectual change – creating the university of the 21st century
2016
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Linda Katehi, UC Davis 2016 Change has typically come so slowly to higher education that someeducators have been known to tell a joke about a man, similar toRip Van Winkle in the classic Washington Irving short story by the same name, who woke up after being asleep...
A business model for the 21st century european university
2016
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Patrick Aebischer, EPFL 2016 “The world is moving in the American direction. More universities in more countries are charging students tuition fees,” says The Economist (2015). Of course, there is more to the American university model than merely tuition. Many of us...
Converging paths- public and private research universities
2016
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Ronald Daniels, John Hopkins University 2016 The American research university has been celebrated as “the greatest system of knowledge production and higher learning that the world has ever known” (Cole, 2009). As measured by any number of factors — international...
Reinventing greatness – responding to urgent global level responsibilities
2016
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Ihron Rensburg, University of Johannesburg 2016 In this chapter I reflect on the contemporary significance of knowledgeinstitutions, and particularly research universities, for both emerging andestablished economies and for the world as a whole, but with particular...
The social and political responsibilities of research universities
2016
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Alain Beretz, University of Strasbourg 2016 This paper attempts to come up with possible answers to the question:“What do universities consider to be their most important prioritiesand responsibilities in 1) addressing the challenges facing their institutions; and 2)...
The impact of China’s economic rise
2016
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources
Tony F. Chan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2016 China’s continuous economic rise in the last three decades has beenone of the most dramatic events in world history. In addition to liftinghundreds of millions people out of poverty, creating a huge...
The changing Nature and Character of research Universities : New Paradigms
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions
Chorh Chuan TAN, National University of Singapore 2014 WHY NEW PARADIGMS ARE NEEDED FOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES The research university in its current form represents a remarkable and successful model where education and research and its application are brought together...
Fault Lines in the Compact : Higher Education and the Public Interest in the United States
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources
Ronald J. DANIELS, Johns Hopkins University 2014 The research university stands as one of the most admired and emulated of American institutions. Year after year, American universities dominate the international rankings of institutions of higher education. The demand...
How to Answer the Utilitarian Assault on Higher Education?
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Hunter Rawlings, Association of American Universities (AAU) 2014 GROWING PRESSURES TO ADOPT UTILITARIAN MISSION Across the country, state governors and governing boards are demanding that undergraduate education focus on the preparation of students for immediate jobs,...
The Strategic Repositioning of Research Universities to fulfil their Global Promise
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Heather Munroe-Blum & al. 2014 The relevance of universities has become a theme of public debate, reflecting the anxiety and excitement surrounding changing forces in the larger context of globalization, as well as widespread concern with regard to basic economic...
Contemporary challenges for the Swiss – and the continental European – university system
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...
The Impact of Technology on Discovery and Learning
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
James J. Duderstadt 2014 Année parution Today, our world has entered a period of rapid and profound economic, social and political transformation driven by knowledge and innovation. Educated people, the knowledge they produce and the innovation and entrepreneurial...
Challenges in Establishing a Top Research University
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Nam P. Suh, Korean advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST) 2014 The historical development of research universities and their roles in society has been articulated in many articles and documents. Since their inception, distinguished research universities...
Research Universities and the Future of America : A Study by the National Academies
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2014 Today, our world has entered a period of rapid and profound economic, social and political transformation driven by knowledge and innovation. Educated people, the knowledge they produce and the innovation and...
The Asian Tiger University Effect
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
John Niland, University of New South Wales 2014 A common wisdom is that we are now entering the Asian Century, having travelled the American century in the 1900s and the British century in the 1800s. This reflects the array of impressive economic indicators emerging...
the Glion Colloquium
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