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IAU Sao Paulo Conference, July 25-29, 2004

12th General Conference: The Wealth of Diversity

CONFERENCE THEMES (rtf, 48kb) – CONFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY (doc, 228 kb) – PRESS RELEASE (rtf)

Highlights of the 12th IAU 2004 General Conference held in Brazil in July 2004 have been published in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo Press. The Wealth of Diversity: The Role of Universities in Promoting Dialogue and Development was the theme of the Conference and many of the keynote presentations are brought together in this volume.

Parallel Workshops

Workshop Series # 1 - Dimensions of diversity

1.1   Diversity of the student body and social cohesion
Millicent Poole (rtf, 92 kb) , Vice-Chancellor, Edith Cowan University, Australia
1.2   Globalization and ICTs as drivers of institutional diversity
1.3   Public, private, national and transnational: Diversity in higher education as response to demand
Ulrich Teichler (rtf, 72 kb), Professor, Universitaet Kassel, Germany
Richard Braddock (rtf, 96 kb), Director of International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia
1.4   Mobility, exchange, fellowship and scholarship programmes: Diversity in purpose, goals and outcomes
Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (rtf, 96 kb), Director, Centre de Recherche en Antropologie Sociale et Culturelle (CRASC), Algeria
Jean-Dominique Assié (rtf, 84 kb), Administrator of Programs, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
1.5 Institutional internationalization strategies: Diversity in approaches, goals and impacts
1.6 Globalization: Cultural diversity threatened by higher education?  

Workshop Series # 2 – The University and Development

2.1 Higher education development: A matter for policy or market?
Jandhyala B G Tilak (rtf, 396 kb), Senior Fellow and Head, Educational Finance Unit, National Institute of Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA), India
2.2 Higher education’s contribution to development: Reconciling the local with the global       
Hebe Vessuri (rtf, 88 kb), Head of the Department of Science Studies, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela, member of UNESCO Global Scientific Committee      
Charles Hopkins (rtf, 196 kb), UNESCO Chair, York University, Toronto, Canada
2.3 Impact of ICTs in Teaching and Learning Developments
Sally Johnstone (rtf, 144 kb), Director, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), USA
2.4 Higher education and the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs]
2.5 Institutional linkages, networks and mobility schemes: Which way to capacity building?
H.M Nissanka Warakaulle (rtf, 152 kb), Executive Secretary, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors, University of Kelaniya, Sri-Lanka
2.6 Technological clusters: A successful model for innovation and development?
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak (rtf, 160 kb), Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Claude Lajeunesse (rtf, 152 kb), President, Ryerson University, Canada

Workshop series # 3 Higher Education and Dialogue  

3.1 Beyond tolerance: Higher education a haven for intercultural dialogue?
Walter Baets (rtf, 292 kb), Director Graduate Programs, Euromed Marseille, Ecole de Management, France
Eunice Durham (rtf, 152 kb), Director, Núcleo de Pesquisas Sobre Ensino Superior (NUPES), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
3.2 Regional approaches to internationalization of higher education
3.3 Inter- and trans-disciplinary: an exercise in cultural dialogue?
Daniel Hogan (rtf, 156 kb), Provost for Graduate Studies, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil
3.4 Dialogue with the community and higher education stakeholders

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