CONTRIBUTIONS BY TOPIC
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...
Universities, hard and soft Sciences: all key Pillars of global Sustainability
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Luc Weber, University of Geneva 2012 Année parution Imagine you are an economic historian writing at the end of the 21st century about the second half of the 20th and first decade of the 21st. You will probably write that this period was characterized by an...
Who is responsible for providing and paying for Higher Education
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources
Luc E. Weber, University of Geneva 2014 Higher education (HE), more than most other goods or services, can be provided either by the public sector or the market. It can be also paid for either by the State (the taxpayers or lenders) or by private interests...
Challenges and Opportunities for Public Research Universities in Brazil
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation) 2014 Federal and State-level support for higher education and research played a fundamental role for Brazil to develop a graduate schools system that awarded 13,912 doctoral level titles in 2012....
Research Funding : Trends and Challenges
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Leszek BORYSIEWICZ, University of Cambridge 2014 Research — the generation or collection of knowledge — is of the greatest importance. It can affect individual lives, society at large and even the fate of our planet. Uncountable sums of money are spent, and usually...
Human capital, the oft forgotten key Challenge
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources
Sijbolt Noorda, University of Amsterdam 2014 A university without faculty is like a bicycle without wheels. It won’t get you very far. I know this is a matter of course, forcing an open door. Yet, precisely because it is obvious that universities without teachers and...
The search for Quality at Chinese Universities
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Jie Zhang & al., Shanghai JiaO Tong University 2014 along with China’s booming economy, the past three decades have seen tremendous progress in higher education in China. In 1982, only 1% of 18- to 22-year-olds had the opportunity to participate in higher...
A Research University for both Academic Excellence and Responsibility for a sustainable future – does the Swedish model work?
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Eva Akesson, Uppsala University 2014 Sweden has for a long time been spared from armed conflicts and major disruptive social problems. During the past decades, we have gone from a homogeneous state to an increasingly diverse and diverged country. In an international...
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,...
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 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...
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...
The changing Nature and Character of Research Universities : New Paradigms
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Chorh Chuan Tan, National University of Singapore 2014 The research university in its current form represents a remarkable and successful model where education and research and its application are brought together in synergistic ways that produce valuable new ideas,...
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 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.
