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Global Diversity in Higher Education Systems

GK 01/01/2016 Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities

Howard Newby, University of Liverpool
2016

A persistent theme of the Glion Colloquium, almost since inception,has been the impact of globalization on higher education worldwide. Indeed the sixth colloquium, which took place in 2007, was devoted to this topic. (Weber Duderstadt, 2008).

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The sponsors of previous Colloquia have been Hewlett Packard Corp. in California, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in California, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of the Swiss Government, Nestle, the National Science Foundation (NSF), in the US, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas, , the University of Geneva, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR), the Board of the (Swiss) Federal Institute of Technology (EPF) and the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and in Lausanne (EPFL), the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the University of Geneva, Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada, UC Sans Diego and UC Davis, California, Jubilant Life Science, the Avina Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, the Fondazione San Paolo di Torino, in Italy, the Fondation Leenaards in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Academic society of the University of Geneva, Credit Suisse and IMD Business School.

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  • 2017 - The Future of the University
  • 2015 - University Priorities and Constraints
  • 2013 - Preparing Universities for an Era of Change
  • 2011 - Global Sustainability and the Responsibility of Universities
  • 2009 - University Research for Innovation
  • 2007 - The Globalization of Higher Education
  • 2005 - University and Business: Partnering for the Knowledge Society
  • 2003 - Reinventing the Research University
  • 2001 - As the Walls of Academia are Tumbling Down
  • 2000 - Governance in Higher Education
  • 1998 - Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium
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