Thanks to the Tomorrow’s Professor Listserv at Stanford I cam across the
” href=”http://www.glion.org/?a=6202&p=1512″>Glion Declaration on “The University at the Millenium”. The declaration of the identified IT and alliances as two opportunities:
Two opportunities ó new alliances and the use of information technology ó now offer the possibility of expanding the range and usefulness of scholarship and providing unprecedented benefits to society.
The Glion Declaration dates to 1999 and comes from the the Glion Colloquium: The Future of the Research University. The colloquium brings American (US) and European academics associated with higher education together in Glion, Switzerland. The declaration speaks to the research university and the challenges of state funding.