Jean-Lou Chameau on the essential ecology of science and technology universities
As in previous years, the 2013-14 Times Higher Education World University Rankings will be noted and celebrated – or criticised. Among the plethora of academic rankings, THE’s have gained significant respect and (whether we agree with them or not) influence.
Until recently, I spent my entire academic career in the US, including leadership positions as dean of engineering and then provost of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and then president of the California Institute of Technology. In the summer I left Caltech, a well-established and prestigious institution, to assume the presidency of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a “start-up” in Saudi Arabia.
