Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium

by Hirsch; Weber

• ISBN13: 9780080428178
• ISBN10: 0080428177
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-03
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

In May 1998, twenty representatives from the higher education communities of the United States and Western Europe met in Glion, Switzerland to discuss the challenges facing higher education today and to propose effective means for meeting those challenges. Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium presents the collection of papers written by members of the colloquium. Key issues discussed include: the role of the university in society; the university and new technologies; new sources of revenue; possible alliances between education, private industry and government; co-operation between disciplines; lifelong learning. The volume concludes with The Glion Declaration , issued by the colloquium and outlining the main conclusions from the meeting.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Werner Z. Hirsch
Luc E. Weber
Contributors	xvii
Part 1 Missions and Values	1	(34)
Survey of the Main Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium	3	(15)
Luc E. Weber
Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium: The University's Role	18	(8)
David P. Gardner
The Task of Institutions of Higher Education in the New Europe	26	(9)
Paolo Blasi
Part 2 The Effect of the Changing Environment on Higher Education	35	(38)
The Twenty-first Century University: A Tale of Two Futures	37	(19)
James J. Duderstadt
The University and the Information Age	56	(9)
Stanley O. Ikenberry
The Economics of Higher Education in the United States: What Can Other Developed Countries Learn from It?	65	(8)
Harold M. Williams
Part 3 Meeting the Challenge	73	(80)
Financing Universities Through Nontraditional Revenue Sources: Opportunities and Threats	75	(10)
Werner Z. Hirsch
Networks and Strategic Alliances within and between Universities and with the Private Sector	85	(8)
Hans J. A. van Ginkel
The Research University's Potential as an Area's Growth and Prosperity Stimulant	93	(6)
Peter Preuss
Research and Education: New Roles, New Instruments	99	(12)
Dennis Tsichritzis
Higher Learning as a Joint Venture between State and Industry: The Example of the International University in Germany	111	(7)
Heide Ziegler
Governance	118	(11)
Howard Newby
Information Age Challenges to Research Libraries: Crisis in the University of California Library System	129	(5)
Charles F. Kennel
Sharon E. R. Franks
Lifelong Learning in the University: A New Imperative?	134	(19)
Alan Wagner
Part 4 The University of the Future	153	(22)
Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: A European View	155	(6)
Jacob Nuesch
Future Challenges Facing American Higher Education	161	(6)
Chang-Lin Tien
The New University	167	(8)
Frank H. T. Rhodes
Appendix The Glion Declaration	175	(2)
Appendix The Glion Declaration: The University at the Millennium	177	(6)
Index	183