Editors’ note: today’s guest entry has been kindly developed by Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, a position he has held since 2000. Professor Dzulkifli’s post is the seventh response to Nigel Thrift’s ‘A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational, ethical dilemma)‘, which was originally posted on 8 April 2010. As [...]
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A Universiti Sains Malaysia response to ‘A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational-ethical dilemma)’
Posted in global challenges, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, tagged Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, global challenges, Malaysia, Malaysian universities, Nigel Thrift, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM on August 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A Columbia University/Millennium Promise response to ‘A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational-ethical dilemma)’
Posted in Consortia, Double degrees, Dual degrees, global challenges, joint degrees, tagged Berkeley, BRAC University, CATIE, Columbia University, Davis, Earth Institute, Emory University, Global Master’s in Development Practice, James Cook University, Jeffrey Sachs, John W. McArthur, Lucia Rodriguez, MacArthur Foundation, Millennium Promise, Nigel Thrift, Sciences Po, The Energy and Resources Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Tsinghua University, Universidad de Los Andes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, University College Dublin, University of Botswana, University of California, University of Cheikh Anta Diop, University of Denver, University of Florida, University of Ibadan, University of Minnesota, University of Peradeniya, University of Waterloo, University of Winnipeg on August 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Editors’ note: today’s guest entry has been kindly developed by Dr. Lucia Rodriguez, director of the Global Master’s in Development Practice Secretariat, Columbia University. For the past 20 years Dr. Rodriguez (pictured to the right) has been involved in the field of education, including at Teachers College and the Department of Bilingual/Bicultural Education (Columbia University), [...]
Pacific Rim views on global education: Hong Kong+Seattle
Posted in Asia-Pacific, Dual degrees, Hong Kong, joint degrees, partnerships, tagged Dual degrees, Fulbright, Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Hong Kong, Hong Kong America Center, international collaboration, joint degrees, Nigel Thrift, Seattle, University of Hong Kong on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s note: this guest entry was kindly produced by Gray Kochhar-Lindgren (pictured to the right), Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, as well as Director of the First Year Experience, at the University of Washington, Bothell. During 2009-10, Gray served as a Fulbright Scholar in General Education based at the University of Hong Kong and [...]
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