2nd Global Meeting of Associations of Universities and
other
Higher Education Institutions
Paris, France, May 31 June1,
2007
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CONFERENCE
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THURSDAY
31 MAY 2007
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| Welcome |
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Eric Esperet, General Delegate,
Conférence des Présidents d’Université (CPU)
Goolam Mohamedbhai, President,
International Association of Universities (IAU)
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Opening
Plenary
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Chair: Olivier Audéoud, Chair of
International Affairs Committee, Conférence des
Présidents d’Université (CPU)
Rationale,
goals and expected outcomes from the 2nd IAU Global Meeting of
Associations
- Eva Egron-Polak,
Secretary-General, International Association of Universities (IAU)
Enhancing
Higher Education Quality at home and abroad – changing landscape,
different approaches, multiple actors, shared responsibility
- David Ward, President, American Council on Education (ACE)
- Lesley Wilson, Secretary
General, European University Association (EUA)
- Richard Lewis, Former
President, International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in
Higher Education (INQAAHE)
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Plenary
Session 1
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Chair: S. S Katiyar, President, Association
of Indian Universities (AIU)
Role
of university associations in promoting and enhancing quality culture
in higher education at home
- François Le Poultier,
Chair, Quality Assurance Working Group, Conférence des
Présidents d’Université (CPU)
- Claire Morris, President,
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
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Role of university
associations in promoting and enhancing quality culture in higher
education across borders
- Enoch Duma Malaza,
Chief executive officer, Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
- David Rome, Interim Chief
Executive Officer, Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC)
- Juan Carlos Rivera López,
General Director for Cooperation, National Association of Universities
and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES) |
Concurrent
Working Groups A and B
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Both groups
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Enhancing quality
culture – multiple dimensions and challenges
a. Working at institutional and national and regional
levels
b. Interaction and collaboration with other actors
c. Accountability and transparency vis-à-vis
multiple stakeholders
d. Useful tools – Associations’ Statement, Checklist
for Good Practice, OECD/UNESCO Guidelines
What
are the priorities? What has worked? What are the difficulties
encountered?
- Moderator and Rapporteur Working Group A: Madeleine Green, Vice-President,
American Council on Education (ACE)
- Moderator and Rapporteur Working Group B: Piyushi Kotecha, Chief Executive
Officer, Southern African Region Universities Association (SARUA),
South Africa
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Plenary
Session 2
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Chair: Richard Yelland, Director,
Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE/OECD)
Regional
developments and role of regional university associations in promoting
and enhancing quality in higher education at home and across borders
(part 1)
- Andrée
Sursock, Deputy Secretary General, European University
Association (EUA)
- Abdul
Razak Dzulkifli,
President, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher
Learning (ASAIHL)
- Saleh Hashem, Secretary-
General, Association of Arab Universities (AArU)
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FRIDAY
1 JUNE 2007
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Plenary
Session 3
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Chair: Abdul Razak Dzulkifli, President,
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning
(ASAIHL)
Regional
developments and role of regional university associations in promoting
and enhancing quality in higher education at home and across borders
(part 2)
- Francisco
Marmolejo,
Executive Director, Consortium for North American Higher Education
Collaboration (CONAHEC)
- Akilagpa
Sawyerr, Secretary General, Association of African
Universities (AAU)
- Rafael Cordera-Campos,
Secretary-General, Union of Universities of Latin America and the
Carribbean (UDUAL)
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| Closing
Plenary |
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Chair: Eric Froment, International
Affairs, Ministry of Education, France
Highlights
of concurrent Working Group discussions
- Madeleine Green,
Vice-President, American Council on Education (ACE)
- Piyushi Kotecha,
Chief Executive Officer, Southern African Region Universities
Association (SARUA), South Africa
What
have we heard, what have we learned and what can we do?
General Rapporteur: Goolam Mohamedbhai,
President, International Association of Universities (IAU)
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Concluding
remarks and thanks
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- Olivier Audéoud, Chair of
International Affairs Committee, Conférence des
Présidents d’Université (CPU)
- Eva
Egron-Polak, Secretary-General, International Association of
Universities (IAU)
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