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The Promise of Higher Education Hilligje van’t Land Andreas Corcoran Diana-Camelia Iancu Editors The Promise of Higher Education Essays in Honour of 70 Years of IAU The Promise of Higher Education Hilligje van’t Land · Andreas Corcoran · Diana-Camelia Iancu Editors The Promise of Higher Education Essays in Honour of 70 Years of IAU Editors Hilligje van’t Land Andreas Corcoran International Association of Universities International Association of Universities Paris, France Paris, France Diana-Camelia Iancu National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Bucharest, Romania ISBN 978-3-030-67244-7 ISBN 978-3-030-67245-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67245-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021 Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribu- tion and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. 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This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Contents Introduction ...................................................... 1 Hilligje van’t Land, Andreas Corcoran, and Diana-Camelia Iancu Part I 70 Years of Higher Education Cooperation and Advocacy To Cohere and Act as One: IAU—The Global Voice of Higher Education ........................................................ 11 Pam Fredman Stepping Up Global Collaboration to Protect Higher Education’s Future ............................................................ 17 Stefania Giannini The IAU and Contemporary Global Challenges: A Latin American PointofView ...................................................... 21 Juan Ramón de la Fuente Drivers of Globalisation of Higher Education over the Last 70 Years ... 25 Andrew J. Deeks A Personal View on Two Decades of Recent IAU History .............. 35 Eva Egron-Polak IAU President Walter Kamba (1990–1995): A Man of Conscience ...... 41 Goolam Mohamedbhai Between Global Inequalities and World Ethics. Personal Reflections on Internationalisation of Higher Education over the Past Seventy Years ......................................... 49 Pavel Zgaga Creating Democratic Civic Universities in a Post-COVID-19 World: The IAU and Global Collaboration ........................... 55 Ira Harkavy v vi Contents Why IAU? ........................................................ 63 Remus Pricopie Part II Facilitating International Cooperation The Role of IAU in Facilitating International Cooperation ............. 73 Ranbir Singh Universities, Associations, and Internationalization: Powerful Forces for Our Time ............................................... 77 Laura E. Rumbley A Global View of Internationalisation: What Next? ................... 83 Elspeth Jones and Hans de Wit The Importance of Internationalization Today and the Leadership Role of IAU ....................................................... 89 Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila International Collaboration: Necessary, But Challenging .............. 95 Jeroen Huisman Getting Unstuck with Internationalization at Home: Seizing the Post-pandemic Moment ......................................... 99 Madeleine Green Levelling up International Higher Education: Universities, Nations and Global Goals .................................................. 107 Jo Beall Internationalization of Universities: 70 Years of Experience ........... 113 Vladimir Filippov 70 Years of Internationalization in Tertiary Education: Changes, Challenges and Perspectives ........................................ 119 Hans de Wit and Philip Altbach The Evolution of Higher Education Collaboration in the Arctic Through Networking .............................................. 127 Outi Snellman Part III Coding the Values Promoting Values Together: Global Currency with Local Impact for Universities .................................................... 133 Sijbolt Noorda and David-John Lock “A Question of Integrity”: Academic Values Torn Between Organizational Affiliation, National Competitiveness and the Global Academic Community ............................... 139 Michael Hölscher Contents vii Valuing the Civic Role of University Education in an Age of Competition and Rapid Change .................................. 145 Pedro Nuno Teixeira and Manja Klemenˇciˇc Mitigating Corruption in Higher Education .......................... 153 Elena Denisova-Schmidt Higher Education and Public Good in East and West ................. 161 Simon Marginson and Lili Yang The Beginning of History and the University ......................... 169 Bryan McAllister-Grande Higher Education and the Enduring Value of Hospitality: Reflections for the 21st Century ..................................... 175 Gerardo L. Blanco The Role of Quality Assurance and the Values of Higher Education .... 181 Judith S. Eaton Recognition of Foreign Qualifications Celebrates Higher Education Collaboration Too ....................................... 187 Jenneke Lokhoff Part IV The Changing Landscape Creating Responsible and Engaged Students ......................... 197 Pankaj Mittal Universities Can Regain the Public’s Trust ........................... 205 Frans van Vught Towards the Other Side of Complexity: Values and Decisions in a Time of Uncertainty ........................................... 211 Marcelo Knobel Africa’s Destiny and Higher Education Transformation ............... 215 Barnabas Nawangwe The Constant of Change: Remaining Relevant in 21st Century Higher Education ................................................. 221 Mandla S. Makhanya The Changing Role of Universities in Lithuanian Society .............. 227 Saulius Spurga and Inga Žal˙enien˙e Modern Challenges for Universities ................................. 233 Tatiana Klyachko and Vladimir Mau Universities in an Era of Post-Corona “New Order” .................. 239 Etsuko Katsu viii Contents Redefining the Role of Universities in a Rapidly Changing Landscape ........................................................ 245 Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim From Emergency Remote Teaching to Strategically Embracing Online Learning ................................................... 249 Dionisia Tzavara Overcoming Challenges and Boundaries Through the Innovation of University Learning and Teaching Practices ....................... 255 Elena Luppi, Lucia Balduzzi, Nicolò Cavina, and Carla Salvaterra Is the Pandemic Leading to a Paradigm Shift in Higher Education? .... 263 Carmen Z. Lamagna and Manzur H. Khan A Personal Reflection on the Key Challenge for Higher Education: Improving the Quality of University Instruction ...................... 269 David Dill University Leadership: Slippage from Abiding to Peremptory Roles? ............................................................ 275 Daniel C. Levy The Dawn for a New Era for Higher Education ....................... 283 Mirta Martin and Jacob Abrams Are Rankings (Still) Fit for Purpose? ................................ 293 Ellen Hazelkorn Are Universities Better Off Without Rankings? ....................... 301 Jamil Salmi Part V The Promise of Education Universities as Lifelong Learning Institutions: A New Frontier for Higher Education? ............................................. 311 David Atchoarena The Promise of Education: The Future .............................. 321 Roberto Escalante Semerena The African Dream for Quality Higher Education .................... 325 Ahmed Legrouri Science and Social Responsibility – Heritage and Mission ............. 331 Godehard Ruppert Unlocking the Potential of Higher Education by Serving the Common Good ................................................ 337 Patrick Blessinger, Enakshi Sengupta, and Mandla S. Makhanya Contents ix IAU: The Power to Foster Higher Education for Sustainable Development ...................................................... 345 Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, Chanita Rukspollmuang, and Yhing Sawheny Aligning Higher Education’s Promise of Well-Being with Sustainability as a Purpose of Education ........................ 355 Katrin Kohl and Charles Hopkins Accelerating the Future into the Present: Re-imagining Higher Education in the Caribbean .......................................
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