CONTRIBUTIONS BY TOPIC
The Organizational Challenge for European Universities facing Globalization
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...
Has our Reach exceeded our Grasp
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...
Russian Universities in the Global World
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...
Preface to the Globalization of Higher Education
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
Glion Colloquium 2008 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,...
Universities as Content Providers
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Dennis Tsichritzis, University of Geneva 2008 The main mission of the University was and still is Education. Naturally, Universities are also involved in many other activities like Research, Innovation, Incubation of small companies, services, etc. Education is,...
Building Singapore’s University Education System in a Globalized World
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Toni Tan Keng Yam, National Research Foundation 2008 Singapore is a small young nation with a relatively short history, becoming independent only in 1965. Over the last 42 years, Singapore has moved from third world to first world and built a modern economy with a...
Higher Education in the 21st Century
2008
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2008 We live in a time of great change, an increasingly global society, driven by the exponential growth of new knowledge and knitted together by rapidly evolving information and communication technologies. It is a time of...
Lessons about Regional Economic Development from the Austin Story
2006
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Larry Faulkner, University of Texas 2006 Read the full article
Universities and Business — A View From a Food Company
2006
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions
Peter Brabeck- Lemathe, Nestlé 2006 Read the full article
The Collaboration Imperativ
2006
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Wayne C. Johnson, HP University Relations 2006 Read the full article
Universities, Businesses and Public Authorities
2006
Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Marye A. Fox, North Carolina State University 2006 Read the full article
Challenges in University-Industry Collaborations
2006
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Wayne C. Johnson, HP University Relations 2006 Read the full article
Obstacles to University–Industry Relations
2006
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Horst Soboll, EU Research Advisory Board 2006 Read the full article
European Strategy to promote the Knowledge Society
2006
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Luc E. Weber, University of Geneva 2006 Read the full article
Higher Education Systems Dynamics and Useful Knowledge Creation
2006
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Frans van Vught, University of Twente 2006 Read the full article
the Glion Colloquium
Representing a diverse range of backgrounds, regions and disciplines, our participants come from a variety of universities and countries, united by a shared passion for innovation and excellence in higher education in the service of society.
