Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium

Name: Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium
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ISBN: 9781573562935

ISBN-10: 1573562939

ISBN-13: 9781573562935

Edition: 1999

Authors: Werner Z. Hirsch, Luc E. Weber

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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…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/5/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



Contributors Missions and Values Survey of the Main Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium



Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium


The University's Role



The Task of Institutions of Higher Education in the New Europe



The Effect of the Changing Environment on Higher Education


The Twenty-first Century University: A Tale of Two Futures



The University and the Information Age



The Economics of Higher Education in the United States


What Can Other Developed Countries Learn from It?


Harold M. Williams Meeting the Challenge Financing Universities Through Nontraditional


Revenue Sources: Opportunities and Threats



Networks and Strategic Alliances within and between Universities and with the Private Sector



The Research University's Potential as an Area's Growth and Prosperity Stimulant



Research and Education New Roles, New Instruments



Higher Learning as a Joint Venture between State and Industry


The Example of the International University in Germany



Governance by Howard Newby Information Age Challenges to Research Libraries


Crisis in the University of California Library System



Lifelong Learning in the University


A New Imperative?



The University of the Future Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century


A European View



Future Challenges Facing American Higher Education



The New University



Appendices


Index