EDUHE30 › Programme
The particular focus of the conference was on globalisation issues as well as on higher education participation, access and expansion. Future challenges and opportunities related to demographic change and use of new technologies were also explored.
For further information on the programme, please see the agenda below. The document Conference Speakers: Biographies and Forward-looking Perspectives on Higher Education provides an introduction on the speakers of the conference.
Agenda
Monday 8 December
8.45 – 9.30: Registration
1) 9.30 – 11.00: The future of higher education: challenges and policy directions (Plenary – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
The opening session will look at the future of higher education from four different political perspectives, from national to global levels. It includes high-level speeches by representatives of France, OECD, the European Commission, UNESCO, and the United Kingdom.
Chair:
Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD
Welcoming word:
Christian Forestier, Rector, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), France
Speakers:
Daniel Vitry, Director for Research, Foresight and Performance, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
The future of higher education : a French perspective
David Lammy, Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, United Kingdom
The creation of the future: new directions in British higher education
Mario Amano, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Futures thinking and reform in tertiary education
Ján Figel, Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, European Commission
Widening access, achieving excellence: the challenge of modernisation in European higher education
Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
The new dynamics of higher education: meeting the challenges of equity, quality and social responsibility
2) 11.30 – 11.45: The future of access and attainment: Some findings from the CERI project on the future of higher education (Plenary – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
The aim of this session is to provide an introduction for the whole conference by presenting selected trends in access and attainment, use of ICT and globalisation analysed during the CERI/OECD University Futures project. Special emphasis will be put on development related to demographic changes and the use of technology in higher education.
Chair:
Patrick Dostes, Permanent Delegation of France to the OECD, France
Speaker:
Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, CERI, OECD
Demography challenges: some perspectives for the future
Discussion
3) 11.45 – 13.00: New vehicles for enhancing access and achievement in higher education (Plenary – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
This session presents some policy or institutional responses and opportunities regarding the future of access and achievement in higher education. These include the use of new offerings, such as developmental education and dual enrolments, new pedagogies enhanced by ICT, or the differentiation of higher education.
Chair:
Patrick Dostes, Permanent Delegation of France to the OECD, France
Speakers:
Claude Sauvageot, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
Diversification in French tertiary education since 1970: a forward-looking perspective
Tom Bailey, Community College Research Center (CCRC) and National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR), United States
Michelle Lamberson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Leveraging ICT for pedagogy: individual and institutional opportunity spaces
Discussion
4) 14.00 – 15.30: The future of access and attainment: Challenges and opportunities (Parallel workshops)
The aim of these parallel workshops is to provide the opportunity to participants to discuss in more depth particular issues related to higher education access, attainment and achievement that were presented during the previous plenary session.
A. How might new technologies and pedagogies contribute to quality access in the future? (Salle 11.A2.31, accès 11, escalier A)
The aim of this workshop is to provide a more detailed overview of the future possibilities that new technologies and pedagogies may provide for enhancing quality access to higher education. The main issues in this regard will also be discussed in the light of some recent experiments.
Chair:
Terri Kim, Brunel University, United Kingdom and Korea
Speakers:
Maruja Gutierrez Diaz, Directorate for Education, Training and Culture, European Commission
Malcolm Read, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), United Kingdom
The internet, information and innovation in higher education
Hye Kyung Yang, Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS), Korea
The impact of technology and its implication for the future of higher education
Discussion
B. Sector differentiation, student achievement, and quality in higher education (Amphi R. Faure, accès Z)
This workshop will present an overview of differentiation in higher education sector, concerning both the status of the institutions along the public-private axis and internal changes within the traditional higher education sector in terms of quality, mandate and orientation differentiation. The aim is to discuss how such differentiation could continue to evolve in the future and serve quality access.
Chair:
Jan Sadlak, European Centre for Higher Education, UNESCO
Speakers:
Richard Yelland, Directorate for Education, OECD
Institutional diversity: some trends and some hypotheses
Pedro Teixeira, University of Porto and the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal
What role for private higher education in mass systems
Stefan Bienefeld, German Rectors' Conference, Germany
Discussion
C. Diverse equity challenges for the future (Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
The objective of this workshop is to highlight the diversity of the equity challenges for the future in higher education. These include issues such as quality access and attainment of disabled and migrant students.
Chair:
Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, CERI, OECD
Speakers:
Gaële Goastellec, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Taking identities into account in access policies: international trends and local innovations
Peter Evans, Directorate for Education, OECD
Disability in higher education : a key factor for improving quality and achievement
Francisco Marmolejo, Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) and University of Arizona, United States and Mexico
Access for all?: Migrants in higher education
Discussion
5) 16.00 – 17.00: Social inequity: Trends, future and new challenges (Plenary roundtable interview – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
This session will examine what is the impact of expansion on social inequity in higher education. Related trends and future challenges will be discussed by interviewing some leading experts.
Interviewer:
William Thorn, Directorate for Education, OECD
Speakers:
Petr Matějů, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic
Richard Arum, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and New York University, United States
Louis-André Vallet, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Laboratory of Quantitative Sociology, Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique (CREST), France
Thomas Weko, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), United States
6) 17.00 – 18.00: Financing tertiary education: Challenges and opportunities for the future (Plenary roundtable interview – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
This session aims to discuss new ways to meet future challenges in tertiary education financing by interviewing some leading experts.
Interviewer:
Jan Levy, Permanent Delegation of Norway to the OECD, Norway
Speakers:
Jamil Salmi, Human Development Network (HDNED), World Bank
Bruce Johnstone, International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States
Claire Callender, University of London, United Kingdom
Tuesday 9 December
7) 9.30 – 11.00: Impact of globalisation on higher education: Towards convergence or sustained diversity? (Plenary – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
This session will highlight the role of globalisation in influencing the future of higher education, with a specific focus on trends in governance. It will seek to cast light on whether the global diversity of higher education systems is likely to persist or whether a convergence of systems is emerging. Specific regional experiences and visions will be presented.
Chair:
Frances Kelly, Ministry of Education, New Zealand
Speakers:
Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education (ACE), United States
A confluence of challenging trends for U.S. higher education
Marijk van der Wende, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
European responses to globalisation in higher education: combining convergence and divergence
Tatsuya Sakamoto, Keio University, Japan
Quality access in Japanese higher education and its challenges
Philip Altbach, Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Boston College, United States
China and India: the Asian giants awake in higher education
Discussion
8) 11.30 – 13.00: Quality higher education in the era of globalisation (Parallel workshops)
The aim of these parallel workshops is to provide participants the opportunity to discuss in more depth specific issues relating to the future impact of globalisation on higher education and its governance.
A. Quality assurance and learning outcomes: what next? (Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
This workshop will present trends and discuss the main issues related to different higher education quality assurance practices used in the world. While looking into the future, the emphasis is put on learning outcomes and accountability practices as vehicles for quality assurance.
Chair:
Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO
Speakers:
Richard Lewis, International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), United Kingdom
Quality assurance in higher education – its global future
Richard Arum, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and New York University, United States
Karine Tremblay, Directorate for Education, OECD
Discussion
B. International mobility and innovation: future prospects (Salle 11.A2.31, accès 11, escalier A)
The objective of this workshop is to examine trends in cross-border higher education and research both in terms of people and institutions. Emphasis will be placed on the role of this mobility for innovation.
Chair:
Kiira Kärkkäinen, CERI, OECD
Speakers:
Grant McBurnie, the Globalism Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia
Patricia Pol, Université Paris 12, France
The internationalisation of universities in France: towards an integrated management?Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Tohoku University, Japan
Facilitating higher education mobility for the future: views from Japanese context
Sarah Box, Directorate for Science Technology and Industry, OECD
The global competition for talent: innovation and mobility of the highly skilled
Discussion
C. Labour market changes and the future of higher education (Salle 11.A3.33, accès 11, escalier A)
This workshop examines the future role of higher education in the context of changing and increasingly globalised labour market demands. It is to discuss, among other things, how and to what extent we should transform higher education in the future to better respond to the changing labour market needs.
Chair:
Elie Faroult, Directorate General for Research, European Commission
Speakers:
Ulrich Teichler, International Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany
The future of graduate employment and work and the implications for higher education
Marino Regini, Department of Labour and Welfare Studies, University of Milan, Italy
Higher education and labour markets: looking for solutions to contrasting needs
Lizzi Holman, Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD
Stepping higher together: the future of business-university partnership in a flexible labour market
Discussion
9) 14.00 – 16.10: Best future scenarios for higher education? (Plenary – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
The aim of this session is to examine the best, the possible and the likely future scenarios for higher education, taking into account previous discussions. The session will start with a brief presentation of the different scenarios developed within the CERI project on the future of higher education. The ministerial keynote speech will then present the views on best future scenarios for higher education by drawing on the Portuguese experiences and putting them in a broader international perspective. Finally, the session will conclude the conference with an open discussion that takes into account the different perspectives of higher education stakeholders, including the providers (such as higher education institutions and teachers), the beneficiaries (such as students and employers) and the policy-makers.
Part A
Chair:
Denis Despréaux, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
Presentation of the CERI scenarios:
Dirk van Damme, Head of CERI, OECD
Future scenarios for higher education
Part B
Chair:
Denis Despréaux, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
Speaker:
Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Part C
Chair:
Denis Despréaux, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
Moderator:
Dirk van Damme, Head of CERI, OECD
Respondents:
Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Monique Fouilhoux, Education International
Marita Aho, Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD
Eva Egron-Polak, International Association of Universities (IAU)
Bruno Carapinha, European Student Union (ESU)
Discussion
10) 16.10 – 16.30: Concluding remarks and next steps (Plenary – Amphi Grégoire, accès C)
This session provides a general conclusion for the conference in the framework of the CERI 40th anniversary conference series. Summarising the main messages drawn, it will have a forward-looking perspective that identifies the main areas where work is needed regarding the future of higher education.
Closing remarks:
Dirk van Damme, Head of CERI, OECD
Claude Sauvageot, French representative in the CERI Governing Board, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
16.30 Closing of the meeting
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