CONTRIBUTIONS BY TOPIC
Globalization, Public Policies and Higher Education
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
David Ward, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Globalization and the attendant emergence of the global knowledge economy are exerting tremendous pressures on universities around the world and reshaping some of their basic assumptions and activities. Although...
The Responsibilities of Universities to Promote a Sustainable Society
2008
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Luc Weber, University of Geneva 2008 We are living in a period of deep and rapid changes which are offering great hopes for peace and prosperity, but which are also the source of important challenges and even threats. The direction of change will depend on the...
The Emerging Meta University
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Chuck Vest, MIT Cambridge 2008 The 21st century is an age when we cannot compete nationalistically based on geography, natural resources or military might. Nations can only prosper and compete based on brainpower and innovation. Because brainpower and innovation...
Globalization: What does it Mean for Higher Education?
2008
Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Deepak Nayyar, Jawaharlal Nehru University 2008 Globalization is centre-stage in the contemporary world. It interests almost everyone. Education, alas, is back-stage somewhere in the midst of the props. It interests some of us. Globalization and education, together,...
Building Singapore’s University Education System in a Globalized World
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities
Tony Tan Keng Yam 2008 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the last 800 years in...
An Open University for the 21st Century
2008
Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Brenda Gourley, Open University 2008 Many things have been forever changed by the forces of globalization that have swept the world in the last couple of decades. Higher Education is one of them. It has also been changed by the imperatives of a knowledge society, a...
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...
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, 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
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
Best Practices in Knowledge Transfer
2006
Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Chuck Vest, MIT, Cambridge 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.
