The University of the World
NEWSLETTER
(January/March 1992, Vol. 5, No. 1)
Universities must develop a worldwide network in order to be "world-class" institutions, according to the leaders of three prominent academic institutions.
"The number one challenge is that the university community has to cope with increasing numbers of persons and increasing knowledge, but must maintain its excellence and sophistication," said Sir Richard Southwood, Vice Chancellor of Oxford University.
Southwood, who also teaches biology at the esteemed English institution, joined Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine and Wellesley President Nannerl Keohane to tell an Oxford alumni group in Cambridge, Massachusetts that social and political changes in the world dictate that universities expand or be left behind.
Southwood said political freedom in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Bloc nations will undoubtedly send a flood of students to the world's universities. He added that schools must handle "a great information overload" and rising costs in providing services, while preserving high standards.
The three university heads said universities around the world must adopt some strategies used by the business community to compete in a global market.
"I think universities should be working on networks, through exchanges of students and exchanges of information," Southwood said. (...)
Dr. James Grier Miller, UW's Chairman, also was invited to the seminar entitled "Global University: Challenges for the 21st Century," to discuss the history and present activities of the University of the World. "I told them the idea of a global university is not just some fantasy about the future, but is becoming a reality," Dr. Miller said. He described the rapid growth of interest in the University of the World since its inception in 1981, saying the organization now is represented in 24 countries. Though the three leaders of the other universities expressed surprise over the growth of distance education, each told Dr. Miller of their interest in the concept. "To me, this was an important event," Dr. Miller said. "All of these leaders were willing to consider the concept seriously." UW
"Global University" is a trade mark of GLOSAS/USA. Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, Chairman of GLOSAS/USA and President of Global University in the USA is a board member of the University of the World. Dr. James Grier Miller, Chairman of the University of the World is an executive advisor of GLOSAS/USA.
Satellite Conference Between Poland and U.S.A.
May 11, 1992
Produced By Egret International
In honor of the First National Entrepreneurship Forum in Poland, a satellite conference was broadcast from Poland to the United States, designed to bring together university faculty and business owners in the U.S. and Poland. Polish business owners have been chosen as model success stories who could share the problems they have overcome in developing a privately-owned business in the former communist country. The teleconference was broadcast from 1:00 to 2:30 P.M. EST on Monday, May 11, 1992.
The Solidarity Economic Foundation organized the conference with assistance from Ohio State University. Polish Now teleconference was produced by Egret International and was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Egret International
Sally Lucke or Sandra McCourtney, Co-Directors
ph(s): 813-923-8533; 813-349-2460
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