Akira Arimoto

Foreword The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Knowledge and Research is pleased to present the publication, entitled Key Challenges to the Academic Profession. Edited by two celebrated academics, the late Professor Maurice Kogan (United Kingdom) and Professor Ulrich Teichler (Germany), this...

Introduction William Locke and Ulrich Teichler Institutions of higher education are usually acknowledged as the key organizations in society serving the generation, preservation and dissemination of systematic knowledge. The academic profession constitutes the "productive workforce" within...