IAU Alexandria Conference, November 14-16,
2005
Sharing Quality Higher Education Across
Borders: Role of Associations and Institutions
Conference Papers and Reports
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CONFERENCE
PAGE - BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
- PHOTOS
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I. Global Meeting of Associations
| Plenary
Session 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Chair |
Goolam Mohamedbhai, President,
IAU, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius (rtf,
16 kb)
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| Speaker |
Opening Presentation |
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Abdallah Barakat, Secretary-General,
Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt |
| Keynote
Addresses |
Facts, Figures and
Trends |
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Svava
Bjarnasson, Director of Research and Strategy, Association
of
Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Director, The Observatory on
Borderless Higher Education (pdf, 488 kb)
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Cross-Border Higher
Education: Egyptian perspective. From Luxury to Necessity |
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Ismail
Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt (rtf, 8
kb)
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Discussion |
Plenary
Session 2: International Policy Responses to Trends in Cross-Border
Education
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| Chair |
Juan Ramón de la Fuente,
Rector, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico,
Vice-President, IAU |
Speaker
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Presentation of the Statement on Behalf of
Higher Education
Institutions Worldwide: Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders
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Madeleine Green, Vice-President,
American Council on Education, USA, Vice-President, IAU |
| Speakers |
Presentation OECD-UNESCO Draft Guidelines
for Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education |
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Stamenka
Uvalic-Trumbic, Chief of Section, Reform, Innovation and
Quality Assurance, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO (ppt, 156 kb)
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and |
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Bernard
Hugonnier, Deputy-Director for Education, Directorate for
Education, OECD (ppt, 112 kb)
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| Speakers |
Turning Policy into
Action |
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Karen
McBride, Vice-President, International Affairs Branch,
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Canada (ppt,
2.42 Mb)
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| Parallel Working Groups |
| Cross-Border Education Expansion: What
opportunities? What challenges? For whom? |
Group A:
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What Policy Level
Response for Associations? |
| Chair
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Alice Sena Lamptey, Coordinator -
Working Group on Higher Education, Association of African Universities |
| Introduction |
Millicent Poole, Vice-Chancellor,
Edith Cowan University, Australia, IAU Administrative Board Member |
| Group B: |
What Services are
needed for Member Institutions? |
| Chair |
Michel Bennasar, Directeur
Régional pour le Moyen Orient, Association Universitaire de la
Francophonie (AUF) |
| Introduction |
S.M.
Saifuddin, Executive Secretary, Association of Universities
of
Bangladesh (rtf, 24 kb)
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| Plenary Session 3: Cross-Border Higher
Education and Trade Regimes |
Chair
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Roch Denis, Rector,
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada,
Member, IAU Administrative Board |
| Speaker |
WTO, GATS and Education |
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Aik Hoe Lim,
Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva, Switzerland (ppt, 424 kb)
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Respondent
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Jane Knight, Adjunct Professor,
Comparative International Development
Education Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto, Canada |
Speaker
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Regional Trade or
Integration Agreements |
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Roger
O’Keeffe, Directorate General for Education and Culture,
European Commission (rtf, 16 kb)
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| Plenary Session 4: Recommendations for an
Action Plan for Associations |
| Chair |
Piyushi Kotecha, Interim Chief
Executive Officer, Higher Education
South Africa (HESA), South Africa, Deputy Member, IAU Administrative
Board |
| Rapporteur |
Report Group A:
Policy and Advocacy Role of Associations |
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Galo
Armando Burbano Lopez,
Executive Director, Asociación Colombiana de Universidades
(ASCUN), Colombia (rtf, 16 kb)
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Rapporteur
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Report Group B:
Member Services |
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Judith
Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
(CHEA), USA (rtf, 12 kb)
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| Conclusions and thanks |
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Goolam Mohamedbhai, President, IAU,
former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius |
II. International Conference
| Plenary Session 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Chair |
Goolam Mohamedbhai, President,
IAU, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius (rtf,
14 kb)
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| Speaker |
Cross-border Higher
Education: the case of AASTMT |
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Mohamed
El-Faham, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime
Transport (AASTMT), Egypt (ppt, 4.38 Mb)
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Mohamed Abdellah, President,
Alexandria University, Egypt
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| Presentation
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Amr Salama, Minister of Higher
Education, Egypt |
| Special Session: Recent developments in
Egyptian higher education |
| Chair |
Abdallah Barakat, Secretary-General,
Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt |
| Speaker |
Public and Private
Higher Education in Egypt |
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Rasha
Saad Sharaf, Consultant, Higher Education Enhancement
Project Fund, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt (ppt, 220 kb)
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| Speaker |
Cross-border and International cooperation
developments in Egypt |
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Ahmed
Khairy, First Undersecretary for Cultural Affairs and
Scientific Missions, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt (ppt, 480 kb)
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| Speaker |
Quality Assurance in
Egypt |
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Salwa
El Magoli, National Quality Assurance and Accreditation
Committee (NQAAC), Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt (ppt, 172 kb)
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| Plenary Session 2: Cross-Border Higher
Education and Internationalisation |
| Chair
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Deepak Nayyar, former
Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, India, Vice-President, IAU |
| Speaker |
Cross-Border Higher
Education and Internationalisation: Concepts, Trends and
Challenges |
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Peter
Scott, Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University, United Kingdom
(rtf, 54 kb)
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| Speaker |
IAU 2005
Internationalisation Survey – Preliminary Findings |
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Jane
Knight, Adjunct Professor, Comparative International
Development
Education Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto, Canada (rtf, 9 kb)
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| Plenary Session 3: Responding to the
Challenges of Cross-Border Higher Education |
| Chair |
Abdullah Al-Faisal, Rector, King
Saud University, Saudi Arabia, IAU Administrative Board Member |
| Speaker |
Report on Global
Meeting of Associations - Turning the Statement on
‘Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders’ into Action |
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Madeleine
Green, Vice-President, American Council on Education (ACE),
USA, Vice-President, IAU (rtf; 8 kb)
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| Speakers |
OECD/UNESCO Draft Guidelines for Quality
Provision in Cross-border Higher Education – Institutions as
Stakeholders |
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Stamenka
Uvalic-Trumbic, Chief of Section, Reform, Innovation and
Quality Assurance, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO (ppt, 156 kb)
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and |
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Bernard
Hugonnier, Deputy-Director for Education, Directorate for
Education, OECD (ppt, 112 kb)
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| Speaker |
ESIB Policy
Statement on Transnational Education |
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Christine
Scholz, The National Unions of Students in Europe (ESIB)
(rtf, 149 kb)
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| Parallel Working Groups |
Current
and Evolving Models of Cross-Border Education (franchising,
twinning, virtual campuses and distance education, etc.) and
Institutional Strategies for Cross-Border Education (objectives,
approaches and key actors)
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Group A:
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Discussion,
recommendations and elements for action at Institutional Level |
| Chair |
Millicent Poole, Vice-Chancellor,
Edith Cowan University, Australia, IAU Administrative Board Member |
| Introduction |
Abdul Razak Dzulkifli,
Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Deputy Member, IAU
Administrative Board (rtf, 15 kb)
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Group B:
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Discussion and Recommended Actions for
Associations, including for their Member Services |
Chair
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Mohsen Elmahdy Said, Executive
Director and Chairman of the Board, Project Management Unit, Ministry
of Higher Education, Egypt |
| Introduction |
Pijushkanti Saha,
Vice-chancellor, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India (rtf, 54
kb)
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| Closing Plenary |
| Chair |
Eva Egron-Polak,
Secretary-General, IAU (rtf, 16 kb)
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| Rapporteur |
Report Group A:
Recommendations and Elements for Action at Institutional Level |
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Rasha
Saad Sharaf, Assistant, National Tempus Programme, Egypt
(rtf, 20 kb)
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| Rapporteur |
Report Group B: Recommended Actions for
Associations, including for their Member Services |
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Dayanand
Dongaonkar, Secretary-General, Association of Indian
Universities (rtf, 13 kb)
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| Closing Remarks and Thanks |
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Goolam Mohamedbhai, President,
IAU, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius (rtf,
36 kb)
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