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Salzburg Seminar UNIVERSITIES PROJECT FINAL REPORT 1997–2002 For more information Information and materials about the Salzburg Seminar are available at the Seminar’s offices listed below and on the Internet at www.salzburgseminar.org. Session descriptions and Faculty listings are updated regularly. Inquiries about the Salzburg Seminar may be directed by email to [email protected]. An online version of this publication is available at www.salzburgseminar.org/up. Salzburg Salzburg Seminar Schloss Leopoldskron Box 129 A-5010 Salzburg, Austria Telephone: +43 (662) 839830 Fax: +43 (662) 839837 Vienna Salzburg Seminar Schmidgasse 14 A-1080 Vienna, Austria Telephone: +43 (1) 4058470 Fax: +43 (1) 4058445 Middlebury Salzburg Seminar The Marble Works P.O. Box 886 Middlebury, VT 05753 USA Telephone: +1 (802) 388 0007 Fax: +1 (802) 388 1030 The Salzburg Seminar complies with applicable provisions of state and federal law of the United States that prohibit discrimination in admission or access to its educational programs, activities, or facilities on the basis of race, age, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation, as well as other classifications protected by state or federal laws. Salzburg Seminar UNIVERSITIES PROJECT FINAL REPORT 1997–2002t The Universities Project is made possible by a generous grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Salzburg Seminar is deeply grateful to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for its sustained support of the Universities Project. Beginning with a planning grant in 1996 and continuing with program funding from 1997 to 2002, the Hewlett Foundation’s vision of and commitment to practical discussions on higher education reform have guided the work of the Universities Project. Table of Contents SECTION I Report on the Universities Project Project Overview Context............................................................................................................................page 7 Methodology ..................................................................................................................page 7 Accomplishments............................................................................................................page 8 Beyond the Universities Project: The Higher Education Forum (HEF) ........................page 9 Universities Project Advisory Committee ......................................................................page 10 Initiatives Resulting from the Universities Project ........................................................page 10 Comments by Universities Project Participants ............................................................page 11 22nd Symposium Profile ....................................................................................................page 13 SECTION II Lessons for Exchange, Cooperation, and Transformation Articles by Universities Project Alumni (grouped by subject) Introduction..........................................................................................................................page 17 Globalization and Higher Education ................................................................................page 18 The Social and Civic Responsibilities of Higher Education ............................................page 23 The Role of Higher Education in Regional Development................................................page 28 Higher Education Management and Governance in Times of Transition ....................page 35 Leadership and Higher Education ....................................................................................page 44 Changing Models of Higher Education Financing for the 21st Century ......................page 48 Preparing the Workforce of Tomorrow: The Role of Higher Education ......................page 53 Meeting the Needs of a Changing Student Population ....................................................page 63 Epilogue ................................................................................................................................page 66 SECTION III The Visiting Advisors Program— Institutional Transformation Through Visitation Overview ..............................................................................................................................page 75 Reflections of the Visiting Advisors Program: Views from Participants ......................page 76 SECTION IV Alumni Directory Universities Project Participants 1997–2002 ....................................................................page 87 2 UNIVERSITIES PROJECT FINAL REPORT 1997–2002 Foreword n 1996, the Hewlett Foundation entered into discussions with the Salzburg Seminar concerning a potential program to address and promote reform in universities and at other higher education Iinstitutions in Central/East Europe and the former Soviet Union. Recognizing the fundamental role of these institutions in their societies, and understanding the significant challenges and opportunities faced by universities in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union following their transition to democracy and free market economies, the Foundation was interested in finding ways to offer practical and applied assistance to universities in the region as they sought to re-invent themselves in the context of their new realities. The result was the Universities Project: a six-year commitment by the Hewlett Foundation to the Salzburg Seminar to underwrite a program designed to bring together senior-level university administrators, government ministers, and senior academics from CEE and the former Soviet Union with colleagues from West Europe and North America for practical discussions on university administration, governance, and finance. The purpose of the Project’s many sessions in Salzburg has been to establish networks among and between university colleagues from east and west, share best practice models of university stewardship, and re-create the important transatlantic linkages and free flow of ideas concerning universities and their role in civil society that had been disrupted for so long. In making a sustained commitment to the Salzburg Seminar for this project, the Foundation was mindful of the Seminar’s proven record in identifying and convening present and future leaders from around the world, and for forming vital networks among them. From the outset of the Universities Project, the Foundation has placed a premium on practicality–that is, the work of the project, rather than being theoretical and abstract, should focus on applied solutions to real-world problems. The Universities Project has achieved this goal by bringing together those responsible for their institutions to discuss the day-to-day concerns of governing, financing, and managing modern universities. In the six years of the Project, more than 800 individuals from 50 countries have taken part in the Project. In addition, thanks to the additional generous support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Project added an important site-visit component in 1998 through the Visiting Advisors Program, thereby augmenting the applied nature and essential purposes of the Universities Project. The Hewlett Foundation is proud to have supported the Universities Project through its history, and believe that our sustained commitment to this important project has had a significant impact in initiating and supporting needed reforms at universities in Central/East Europe, the Russian Federation, and the Caucasus. At the same time, it has had the added but no less important outcome of enhancing the international perspective of many North American university leaders. I invite you to learn more about the Project by reading this Final Report. David P. Gardner, President (1993-1999) The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation President Emeritus, University of California Chairman of the Board, The J. Paul Getty Trust 1997–2002 UNIVERSITIES PROJECT FINAL REPORT 3 Message from the President and the Director n many years of work in higher education, few if any projects have been as satisfying as this one. The Universities Project (UP) of the Salzburg Seminar has been a timely, Isustained, and effective endeavor. Over its six-year history, it has become an extraordinarily successful vehicle for mutual learning and understanding between North American and European university leaders. Part of the success of this program has been its practicality. Universities Project symposia have not been scholarly conferences. They have been gatherings of peers from east and west to discuss important issues of common concern. Through symposia in Salzburg and peer visits to universities, higher education leaders from North America, West and East Europe and the Former Soviet Union have established important networks and shared best practices on a wide range of subjects common to universities everywhere. The UP has demonstrated the great value in bringing together people who address these issues, sometimes in dramatically different ways, as they engage in the day-to-day management of their institu- tions. We have, in short, focused on how to make universities function better, how to make them more responsive to the needs of the several constituencies to which they are responsible, and to establish useful and functional ties among university leaders from Vladivostock west to San Francisco. All this has been made possible by the visionary and sustained commitment of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The associated Visiting Advisors