TY - BOOK AU - Hirsch, Werner Z. ;Weber, Luc TI - Challenges facing higher education at the millennium SN - 9780080428178 AV - LB 2322 .H6 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - IAU Press Pergamon KW - EDUCATION N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1. Mission and values -- Part 2. The effect of the unchanging environment on higher education -- Part 3. Meeting the challenge -- Part 4. The University of the future N2 - In Western Europe and North America, higher education, while highly valued and acclaimed by all, faces great challenges at the millennium. Therefore, the academic community and its leaders must take stock of its present status, explore the challenges of the future, and evaluate promising initiatives to meet these challenges. Recognition of these needs was the motivating force for the colloquium that convened at Glion, Switzerland, in May 1998 ER -