Two dozen
leaders of the world's most distinguished universities gathered in
Glion-above-Montreux, Switzerland, to compare how their institutions best
determined their priorities and plans in the face of the many challenges and
constraints they face. The increasing globalization of higher education was
apparent in many common issues such as financial constraints, completion for
outstanding faculty and students, rapidly evolving technologies, and the
economic and workforce needs of their regions. Yet the unique
characteristics of these universities and their environments they served led
to quite different strategies for balancing responsibilities, challenges,
and constraints.
This volume
contains both the papers presented by the participants in the Xth
Glion Colloquium as well as summaries of their discussions. It provides a fascinating
perspective of the strategic planning of leading universities from around
the world.
The
contributors are:
Patrick
AEBISCHER President
EPFL with Gérard
ESCHER, Alain BERETZ President University of Strasbourg
and LERU, Rebecca
BLANK Chancellor
University of Wisconsin, Leszek BORYSIEWICZ Vice-Chancellor University of Cambridge, Stefan CATSICAS CTO of Nestlé with Anne ROULIN and Valerio NANNINI, Tony CHAN
President HKUST, Ronald
DANIELS President
Johns Hopkins University with Philipp SPECTOR, Carlos de
BRITO-CRUZ
Scientific Director Sao Paulo Research Foundation, Arnoud de MEYER President Singapore Management University, Nicholas DIRKS Chancellor UC Berkeley with Nils GILMAN, James DUDERSTADT President Emeritus University of Michigan, Yves FLÜCKIGER Rector University of Geneva with Pablo ACHARD, Meric GERTLER President University of Toronto, Lino GUZZELLA President ETHZ with Gerd FOLKERS, Bernd HUBER President LMU Munich, Linda KATEHI Chancellor UC Davis, Howard NEWBY former Vice-Chancellor University
of Liverpool, Patrick
PRENDERGAST Provost
Trinity College Dublin, Ihron RENSBURG
Vice-Chancellor University of Johannesburg, Peter SCOTT Former Vice-Chancellor Kingstone University, Atsuhi SEIKE President Keio University, Chorh Chuan TAN President National University of
Singapore and Luc
WEBER Rector
Emeritus University of Geneva.
Luc E.
WEBER is Rector
Emeritus of the University of Geneva.
James J.
DUDERSTADT is
President Emeritus of the University of Michigan.
