Two dozen leaders of the world's most distinguished universities gathered in

Glion-above-Montreux, Switzerland, to compare how their institutions best

determined their priorities and plans in the face of the many challenges and

constraints they face. The increasing globalization of higher education was

apparent in many common issues such as financial constraints, completion

for outstanding faculty and students, rapidly evolving technologies, and the

economic and workforce needs of their regions. Yet the unique characteristics

of these universities and their environments they served led to quite different

strategies for balancing responsibilities, challenges, and constraints.

This volume contains both the papers presented by the participants in the X^th

Glion Colloquium as well as summaries of their discussions. It provides a

fascinating perspective of the strategic planning of leading universities from

around the world.

The contributors are:

Patrick Aebischer President EPFL with Gérard Escher, Alain Beretz

President University of Strasbourg and LERU, Rebecca Blank Chancellor

University of Wisconsin, Leszek Borysiewicz Vice-Chancellor University

of Cambridge, Stefan Catsicas CTO of Nestlé with Anne Roulin and

Valerio Nannini, Tony Chan President Hkust, Ronald Daniels

President Johns Hopkins University with Philipp Spector, Carlos de BritoCruz

Scientific Director Sao Paulo Research Foundation, Arnoud de Meyer

President Singapore Management University, Nicholas Dirks Chancellor UC

Berkeley with Nils Gilman, James Duderstadt President Emeritus

University of Michigan, Yves Flückiger Rector University of Geneva with

Pablo Achard, Meric Gertler President University of Toronto, Lino

Guzzella President Ethz with Gerd Folkers, Bernd Huber President

LMU Munich, Linda Katehi Chancellor UC Davis, Howard Newby former

Vice-Chancellor University of Liverpool, Patrick Prendergast Provost

Trinity College Dublin, Ihron Rensburg Vice-Chancellor University of

Johannesburg, Peter Scott Former Vice-Chancellor Kingstone University,

Atsuhi Seike President Keio University, Chorh Chuan Tan President National

University of Singapore and Luc Weber Rector Emeritus University of Geneva.