DOCUMENT RESUME ED 092 038 HE 005 599 TITLE Report of the Fifth General Conference of the International Association of Universities 1970. INSTITUTION International Association of Universities, Paris (France). PUB DATE 71 NOTE 275p.; Report of the general conference of the International Association of Universities (5th, Montreal, Canada, August 30-September 5, 1970) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$12.60 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *College Faculty; *College Students; Conference Reports; *Foreign Countries; *Higher Education; *Interinstitutional Cooperation; Teaching Methods; Teaching Techniques; Textbooks ABSTRACT This document presents the report of the fifth general confernce of the International Association of Universities. (IAU), held in Montreal, Canada, August 30-September 5, 1970. Chapter one presents the inaugural proceedings. Chapter two discusses international university cooperation in relation to university teachers, students, study programs, textbooks, and pedagogical methods and techniques. Chapter three reviews the university and the needs of contemporary society. Summaries of participant responses to the major topics are presented. (MJM) REPORT OF THE FIFTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES MONTRFAL 10 AUGUST - 5 S1:PTEMIIER 1970 pEroq s510%ft) 1115 coP, US OE FAR TMENT OE PEP96tJut.E mE41,..r14 £0'JC4TOsi & lIELFORE GIL,I1ED VAIESIAL .445 gift. CE400E0 NATIONAL r ,,,STrTUTEOF , EDA,''.ATI004 f F PEE , In E.1c. F.% W:1,4 Tr E r, A 'PON AL 1 .,3" , 4EP4k S,./ :),,,,EAT,C., cWgT.ICN SA,T,K) E 2, ra C. ? 00791) SHE EP-C SvilEp PE, 1 THE E1PyEr-E;HS ,VNEFI INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF U1VIVERSITIES FIFTH GENERAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNIVERSITIES 1970 SIP REPORT OF THE FIFTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES MONTREAL 30 AUGUST - 5 SEPTEMBER 1970 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES 1,RUE MIOLLIS,PARIS.XV, 1971 FOREWORD At no time in their history have universities been inas great a need as they arc today to get together and exchange experience at every level ;nationally, regionally, and interna- tionally.The unprecedented demands placed upon them by the tremendous growth of their societies' requirements and aspirations and by the accelerating progress of knowledge,as well as the deep and widespread internal difficulties which they are enduring, call for every form of mutual knowledge, sharing and co-operation. Since its establishment in 1950, the International Associa- tion of Universities has been dedicated to the service of this co-operationat the internationallevel. Its quinquennial conferences are only one means by which it has attempted to accomplish this service. Each of these conferences from Nice to Istanbul to Mexico City to Tokyo to Montreal has made its distinctive contribution and has also,I am sure, been a memorable experience to those who participated in it. Through free and genuine exchange of ideas among representatives of universities from various geographical, cultural and political regions of the world, through the common concern of these representatives in the confrontation of problems affecting We development oftheir individualinstitutions and oftheir Association, and, not least, through the establishment and strengthening of friendly personal contacts, the conferences have had their part in stimulating and fortifying international understanding and cooperation in the field of higher education. By their progressively enlarged attendance and broadened interests, these meetings have also shown the steady develop- ment of the work of the Association. The FifthGeneralConference, heldinthepleasant atmosphere of Montreal, August 30 to September 5,1070, brought together more than 600 participants.its formal work was, as usual, twofold : on the one hand, the members were engaged, for more than three days, in the discussion of two themes of timely importance to all universities ; "International University Cooperation" and "The University and the Needs of Contemporary Society"; and, on the other, they reviewed the work of the Association during the preceding five-year period and laid the broad lines of policy for the coming five 7 years.The present Report is a faithful record of the views that were expressed and of the decisions that were taken. But in addition to its importance as a record of the Conference, itis I believe, a valuable document reflecting basic trends and ideas in the increasingly complex and critical realm of higher education today. It is not my purpose in this foreword to continent on the rich contents of this Report.I wish merely to make two simple yet essential points.The first relates to what I may call the "spirit" of the Conference.It is my personal impression that the Conference revealed and, inits own modest way, gave ,opport to certain attitudes which are basic to the continuance and the progress of universities : faith in reason and dialogue; receptivity to innovation to meet the revolutionary changes in societies and in universities; concern for the preservation and enrichment of the university's intellectual and moral legacy: and readiness to co-operate more closely and more widely across boundaries and in spite of differences and obstacles. Whatever views were expressed were impressed with these attitudes, and itis, in the last analysis, such attitudes, sus- tained by mutual confidence and free exchange, which will cement the university world and reinforce its endeavour to discharge its mounting tasks to its national and international communities. The second point is that the Conference could not have achieveditstask successfully without the generosity and cordial support of the Governments of Quebec and of Canada. Deep gratitude is due, and was unanimously expressed at the closing session of the Conference,. to Ills Excellency the Right lion, Roland Michener, Governor-General of Canada, and to the various other distinguished representatives of Canada and Quebec who honoured he Conference with their presence and their addresses at its various functions. We owe also a great debt to our hosts, the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec acting for the Association of the Universities and Colleges of Canada.Special words of thanks and appreciation are due to Dr, Roger Gaudry, Rector of the University of Montreal, who represented these two Asso- ciations, and to Dr. Lucien Piehe and his team of collaborators and assistants who masterfully organized and executed the complicated material arrangements of this large international meeting.This team worked in close collaboration with the Organizing Committee of the Conference, appointed by the Administiative Board, which had the task of planning the programme of the Conference and with the IAUSecretariat which laboured for long and arduous months in translating these plans into concrete forms and details.All of these 8 preparations, worked out steadfastly and harmoniously,laid the basis for the success of the Conference.This success cannot he conveyed in printed words, but 1 am confident that it was generally felt and that it will long remain alive in the minds of the participants, The Montreal Conference was to me personally the climax of a long and happy period of service to IAU, particularly during the quinquennitun (1965-70) in which I had the honour and the privilege to serve as President,It is my pleasure to acknowledge my deep indebtedness to all those who made this experience highly rewarding to me -to my colleagueson the Administrative Board, whose wise counsel and generous colla- boration were always a source of inspiration and strength; to the Secretary-General, Mr. 11.M.H. Keyes, and his team of collaborators who carried on remarkably the day to day work of the Association;to the officers and representatives of member universities and Associate Members from whom I had the benefit to learn and whose individual and common efforts are gradually building up the emerging international university community; and finally, but no less deeply, to the Director- General of Unesco and to his collaborators in the field of lligher Education with whom I was privileged to work closely. As 1, in conclusion, turn from the past to the future, I am happy to express to the new President, my minent colleague and friend, Prof. V. Merikoski, and to the members of the Administrative Board elected at Montreal, my sincere congrat- ulations and my best wishes for their leadership in the coming period of the Association's life and work. Constantine K. ZURAYK. INTRODUCTION The Fifth General Conference was the largest in the history of IAU. More than six hundred people took part, including representathes of 307 member institutions of IAU in Si countries;of its eight Associate Members; and of 54 international, regional and national bodies concerned with higher education and research.This attendance was all the more remarkable because the Conference took place at a most critical period in the history of universities.The crisis which seems at moments to threaten their very existence is now coupled with an unprecedented expansion of their respon- sibilities and of their numbers, and casts an alarmingin some ways mysteriousshadow over their growth.It has happened before, of course, that universities have been cri- ticized, even derided, or left to carry on with their rites amid general indifference.There were times when some of them were actually suppressed.But these attacks usually hap- pened when they were stagnating, when they were paralysing intellectual life rather