by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Preface and Conclusion, Uncategorized
James Jim Duderstadt, University of Michigan; Luc E. Weber, University of Geneva 2016 Since its launch in 1998, the Glion Colloquium has established itselfas both a key international forum and a highly influential resource inaddressing the challenges and...
by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Yves Flückiger, University of Geneva 2016 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have attracted a lot of attention in the academic world in general and presidents’ officesmore particularly. But some worry that this model of teaching is a step back to a vertical and...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
Luc E. Weber, University of Geneva James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2014 The Glion Colloquium has established itself as an influential resource in addressing both the challenges and responsibilities of the world’s research universities. Every two years, the...
by LW | Jan 1, 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...
by LW | Jan 1, 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...
