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ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE UNIVERSIDADES ESTATALES
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Vera Nünning, Alemania.
Vicerrectora de Asuntos Internacionales de la Universidad de Heidelberg y académica de Filología
Inglesa. Ha publicado más de noventa artículos en revistas periódicas y colecciones de ensayos, los cuales
tratan acerca de una amplia variedad de temas, incluyendo asuntos de género, historia cultural desde el
siglo XVI hasta el XIX, la cultura de la sensibilidad, literatura e imperialismo, y literatura británica desde el
siglo XVIII al XXI. Entre sus trabajos más recientes está “Historia cultural de la literatura inglesa, desde el
Renacimiento hasta la Actualidad”, (Cultural history of English literature, from the Renaissance to the
Present; ed. 2005). Es editora asociada de la publicación internacional English Studies.
Since knowledge and information management have come to be among the most important features of
modern societies, which are – at least in Europe – often characterised as ‘knowledge societies’, the role
and function of universities are closely scrutinised. For centuries, comprehensive state universities have
ful lled important social functions; they are a highly successful model that has proved its worth in many
di erent countries. That this has not yet been recognised is, on the one hand, due to short-sighted views
on the nature and functions of universities, and, on the other hand, to problems of communication
between the universities and the ministries as well as the public. It is as pertinent as it is important,
therefore, to explore this topic from as many perspectives as possible. In the following I will try to shed
light on it from both a European and a German point of view. First I want to deal with the advantages of
‘inner-continental’ cooperation, which provide the basis for more extensive international interchange; in
a second step, I will brie y summarise the most important functions – and the most important working
conditions – of a comprehensive state university. The last part will adopt a German perspective and point
out the most important features of the ‘excellence initiative’, an initiative of the German Federal Ministry
of Education and Research, which aims at supporting the best research in state universities in Germany.
1. Networking and Lobbying within Europe: The League of European Research Universities
In an international world in which educational institutions are increasingly questioned, a number of
leading European universities decided that they need to pool resources in order to nd a common voice
not only with regard to local governments, but particularly with regard to the European Parliament. As a
result, the League of European Research Universities (LERU), was founded in 2002 as an association of the
most important research-intensive universities sharing the values of high-quality teaching in an
environment of internationally competitive research. The ideas that the universities in the League stand
for can be brie y summarized as follows: They are committed to (1) education through an awareness of
the frontiers of human understanding; (2) the creation of new knowledge through basic research, which
is the ultimate source of innovation in society; and (3) the promotion of research across a broad front,
which creates a unique capacity to recon gure activities in response to new opportunities and problems.
Conferencia
“Reforms and Strategies of Heidelberg University:
International Networking within Europe and the German
‘Excellence Initiative”.
DIA 2: DESAFÍOS DE LAS UNIVERSIDADES PÚBLICAS PARA EL SIGLO XXI
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CONFERENCIA: “Estado actual y proyecciones de las Universidades Públicas de los Estados Unidos”
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Jaime Chahín
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CONFERENCIA: “Responsabilidad del Estado respecto a la Sustentabilidad de la
Universidad Pública Nacional”
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Juan Manuel Zolezzi, Consejo de Rectores.
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PANEL: “Financiamiento de las universidades estatales: antecedentes y perspectivas para el siglo XXI” 161
Juan Manuel Zolezzi
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Luis Ayala
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María Olivia Mönckeberg
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Felipe Morandé
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Hugo Fazio
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CONFERENCIA: “La Mercantilización de la Educación, el ejemplo de la Universidad”
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Roger Dehaybe
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CONFERENCIA: “Enseñanza Superior, Universidades Públicas y Universidades de Clase Mundial.
Relación entre estos términos y las Políticas de Investigación y Desarrollo en Brasil”.
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Hernán Chaimovich
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PANEL: “Futuro de las Universidades Públicas en Chile”
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Sergio Pulido
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Jorge Las Heras
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José Antonio Viera-Gallo
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José Joaquín Brunner
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Ennio Vivaldi
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Ricardo Núñez
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CONFERENCIA: Alcances y conclusiones del Encuentro
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Francisco Brugnoli
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CONFERENCIA DE CIERRE
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Mónica Ji énez, Ministra de Educación
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