in (pp. 101-112) Weber L. E. and Duderstadt J. J. (eds) Preparing the University for an Era of Change, Economica, London, Paris, Genève, vol. 10 The Glion Colloquium

The University is one of the greatest inventions of the second millennium (Rhodes 1998). Europe can be particularly proud of this, [...]  read more

In (pp. 57-60) Marcel Crochet (ed) Acteurs pour l’Université, Témoignage honoris causa, Université Catholique de Louvain, Harmattan-Academia, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2012

Published in (pp. 37-50) Weber L. E. & Duderstadt J. J. (eds) University Research for Innovation, Economica, London, Paris, Genève, 2010

About 25 years ago, the world entered a period that we can call … a revolution, which is rooted in political and economic, as well as scientific and technological [...]  read more

Harvard International Review, Vol XXX, No 3, Fall 2008, Global Education, Vol. 30 (3)

Imagine for an instant that you are the president or rector of a research university in North America or Western Europe. You are well aware that the world of today is increasingly global and competitive, as well as driven by knowledge. In particular, you are observing that the countries that are now emerging so rapidly, in Asia and in other regions of the world, have realized a crucial point: in order to prosper, it is not enough to build on huge masses of cheap—but relatively unqualified—labor; they need to develop the knowledge economy by way of large investments in education, higher education, and research. You begin to understand that these countries are becoming competitors for talent, as they attract back or keep their best citizens. You are also aware that they will be “producing” many more well trained specialists than the “old world,” which has been dominating the knowledge production and transfer scene for centuries. You foresee, therefore, that the emergence of these new economic and political powers will increasingly threaten the relative standard of living of the developed world.

in (pp. 17-30) Weber L. E. & Dolgova-Dreyer K. (eds) The legitimacy of quality assurnce in higher education, Council of Europe higher education series No. 9, Strasbourg

In (chap. 2.2-1) Eric Fromment and al. EUA Bologna Handbook, Making Bologna Work, EUA and Raabe

Published in Weber L. E. & Duderstadt J. J. (eds) Universities and Business Partnering for the Knowledge Society, Economica, Glion Colloquium Series, London, Paris, Genève, 2006

Since the l950s, Europe has been engaged in an ambitious political and eonomic integration process which received a [...]  read more

Published in Kohler, J. & Huber, J. (eds) Higher Education Governance between democratic Culture, academic Aspirations and market Forces, Council of Europe Higher Education Series Nr. 5

In this contribution based on the opening address at the conference as vice-chair of the Steering Committee for [...]  read more

In (pp. 13-28) Luc Weber et Sjur Bergan (eds) The public responsibility for higher education and research, Council of Europe higher education series No, 2, Strasbourg 2005

At first sight, the topic “public responsibility for higher education and research” might appear a theoretical question of [...]  read more

With Pavel Zgaga, published in Weber L. E. & Duderstadt J. J. (eds) Reinventing the Research University, Economica, Glion Colloquium Series Nr. 3, London, Paris, Genève, 2004

The European higher education and research sector, as well as the European research universities, are facing issues and [...]  read more

Published in (pp. 178-196) Weber L. M. et Duderstadt, J. J. (eds) Reinventing the Research University, Economica, Glion Colloquium Series Nr. 3, London, Paris, Genvève, (2004)

The climate of increasing competition which strongly influences the daily business of universities in their basic missions [...]  read more

in (pp. 13-26) Akita Arimoto (ed) Enhancing Quality and Buildiing the 21st Century Higher Educatkion System, Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima

Higher Education Forium, Vol. 1

With Yuko Harayama and François Grin, in Akira Arimoto (ed) University reforms and academic governance reconsidered, Reports of the Six-Nations Higher Education Research Project, RIHE Internationnal Publications Series No. 8 March

Plublished in Hirsch, W. Z. & Weber L. E. (eds) As the Walls of Academia are Tumbling Down, Economica, Glion Colloquium Series Nr. 2, London, Paris, Genève, 2002

It has become a banality to affirm that the world is changing at an increasingly rapid pace and that this aflects the environment of [...]  read more

In (pp. 55-109) Akira Arimoto (ed) University Reforms and Academin Governance, Reports of the 2000 Three Nations Workshop on academic Governance, RIHE International publications Series No. 7, March

Published in Hirsch, W. Z. & Weber L. E. (eds) Governance in Higher Education, Economica, Glion Colloquium Series Nr. 1, London, Paris, Genève, 2001

The participants in the first Glion Colloquium agreeed that the governance of universities makes it in general too difficult for them to make the [...]  read more

In (pp. 109-125) Xue Peijian (ed) Socialization of Rear Services in institutions of Higher Education from the World Perspective, Shanghai 2000

in (pp. 71-80) Higher Education Reform for Quality Higher Education Management in the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 1999 Six-Nations President’s summit, RIHE international Seminar REports, No. 11 March

Published in Hirsch W. Z. & Weber L. E. (eds) Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium, American Council on Education/Oryx Press & International Association of Universities/Pergamon,Phoenix, 1999

To make sure that the discussion would cover all the relevant issues for the future [...]  read more

In (pp. 187-194) L’Ecole de Demain, République tunisienne et Banque mondiale, 1998