Call for Proposals

Click here for the Presentation Proposal Submission Form.

Submission Deadline: Friday, June 27, 2014

In 2014, the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) celebrates its 20th year of strengthening collaborations among higher education institutions, government, and industry throughout North America and beyond. From October 8-10, 2014 CONAHEC will hold its 16th North American Higher Education Conference in Tucson, Arizona, hosted by the University of Arizona. “The Next 20: Pathways, Partners, Paradigms” will focus on how synergies between higher education institutions, governments and businesses can be leveraged internationally to address global challenges and promote a healthier, more equitable world.

Stakeholders in international higher education collaboration are invited to submit proposals for presentations addressing issues of importance to international higher education collaboration. Some possible themes include:

Track I - Internationalization

  • Internationalization at home
  • International content in curriculum
  • Internationalization case studies and good practices
  • Addressing international student language obstacles
  • Measuring and assessing internationalization

Track II - Mobility

  • Trends in international service learning
  • Innovation and trends in faculty, student, and staff mobility opportunities
  • Blending mobility with technology
  • Risk management good practices
  • Model short programs for international students
  • CONAHEC Mobility Incubator Program meeting

Track III - Issues & Trends in International Higher Education Collaboration

  • Higher education, government and industry collaboration – good practices
  • Issues in research & development collaboration
  • Developing joint/dual/multi institutional degree programs
  • CONAHEC Research Networks meeting

Track IV - Identity

  • Globalization and identity
  • International & intercultural workforce preparation
  • Trends in cultural and area studies

Track V - Higher Education Priorities

  • Interdisciplinary approaches to addressing global grand challenges
  • Aligning higher education production with industry and government needs

Track VI - Better serving indigenous and other under-represented communities

Track VII - Sustainability

  • International collaboration case studies and good practices

Track VIII - Supporting International Multi-Sector Collaboration Through Policy

  • Impact of policy on collaboration: successes and opportunities
  • Case studies and lessons learned
  • Innovative policy approaches

Presentation Format:

CONAHEC prefers that perspectives from more than one country/cultural context be represented at each session on the same or complementary subjects. If you have colleagues with whom you can submit a joint proposal, we encourage you to do so (please verify their interest and availability to attend and present before submitting your proposal). Preference will be given to coordinated group presentations involving representatives from multiple institutions and countries. You are also welcome to propose a topic alone, but in the spirit of international collaboration, you are likely to be placed into a session along with co-presenters from other countries. Session duration is one hour and fifteen minutes. Given that each session usually contains 3 co-presenters, each presenter should plan to share his/her material for no more than 20 minutes (regardless of format) leaving 15 minutes for audience interaction. Those who do not attend the conference will not be mentioned in the conference program, unless they are referred to in the "Description" section in the submission form.

To minimize expense levels for conference participants, regretfully, presenters will not receive any compensation. Travel, lodging and conference registration fees and all other expenses will be the presenter's sole responsibility.

Please keep a back-up of your original proposal in a separate word processing document and send it via email to smanleyc@email.arizona.edu so that we can be sure that all the presentations are properly received. To submit a proposal complete the following form.

(Important: upon form completion, be sure to click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page, otherwise we will neither receive nor have any knowledge of your submission beyond the emailed version.)

Click here for the Presentation Proposal Submission Form.

The next chapter in higher education, business and government collaboration for a sustainable future awaits. Join us as a presenter and contribute to the renewal of our collaboration agenda!

The 16th North American Higher Education Conference is organized by the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration. CONAHEC links higher education institutions, government agencies and partners in industry from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, and from the rest of the world, in collaboration and cooperation.