CONTRIBUTIONS BY TOPIC
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...
How and where are dominant funding models steering HE & Research?
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources
Howard Newby, University of Liverpool 2014 We are living in a time of great economic uncertainty where governments are providing our universities with less resource, yet at the same time expecting to exert greater influence, through increasing regulation and a more...
The Challenge of Transition in Public Higher Education
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions
Linda Katehi, UC Davis 2014 The American Land-Grant University was established in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act into law. Setting aside federal land in the individual states for public universities, the idea behind the Act was to make...
Can the IT Revolution lead to a rebirth of World-call European Universities
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Patrick Aebischer, EPFL 2014 We have reached a critical moment in time when the digital revolution — brought on by ubiquitous personal, mobile and affordable information devices — is challenging the historical missions of education and research; a challenge for our...
Summary and conclusion to Preparing Universities for an Era of Change
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
James Duderstadt, University of Michigan Luc Weber, University of Geneva 2014 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 •...
Can the French System support competitive Research Universities
2014
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Alain Beretz, University of Strasbourg 2014 during this symposium, we have addressed the question of the imbalance between educational need and educational capacity. Of course, this question has been asked in France. What are the answers? Are they adequate? Are they...
Higher Education Model for Large Developing Economies
2014
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar, Indian Institute of Technology Dehli 2014 Education is the key to socio-economic development and character building. Higher education plays an important role in knowledge and wealth creation. Historically, one can find a good correlation...
Universities. Serving as, and Educating Global Citizens
2012
Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Heather Munroe-Blum, McGill University 2012 Four years ago, in Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million citizens turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Last March, only four years later, 5,251 cities in 135 countries responded to the same...
Research Universities and Sustainable Development with special Reference to India and IIT Madras
2012
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
M.S. Ananth, IIT Madras 2012 Rapid advances in technology have had dramatic consequences. The environment that moulded life on earth over many millennia is being altered and even replaced dynamically, endangering the very life whose quality science and technology seek...
Summary of the Colloquium
2012
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
James J. Duderstadt, Luc E. Weber, Glion Colloquium 2012 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...
Preface to Global Sustainability and the Responsibilities of Universities
2012
Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
2012 Over the past decade, the Glion Colloquium has established itself as an influential resource in addressing both the challenges and roles of the world’s research universities. Launched in 1998 by Professors Luc Weber (University of Geneva) and Werner Hirsch...
Addressing global and social Challenges and the Role of University
2012
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Yuko Harayama-Most et al., Tohoku University 2012 The world today is experiencing drastic transformations of its functioning and its underlying systems, driven by entrepreneurial individuals, institutions and States, characterized by increasing interdependency, and...
Strategy in the Face of Uncertainty and Unpredictability
2012
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Chuck Vest, MIT Cambridge 2012 One of the most vexing problems we face today in moving toward a more sustainable society is the problem of uncertainty and imperfect predictability of complex physical and biological phenomena. Such states of knowledge cause havoc when...
International STEM Education for Global Sustainability
2012
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Teaching & Learning
Roberta Johnson Killeen, National Earth Science Teachers Association 2012 On a daily basis, people around the world face challenges that result from us all, together on our small planet, approaching the carrying capacity of our environment. The sustainability of...
Globalization, Universities and Sustainability Effects
2012
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Research & Innovation
John Niland, New South Wales University 2012 More than ever, research universities live in an environment heavily impacted by the forces of globalization. Their strategic thinking continues to be influenced by robust competition in critical areas such as funding,...
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