9th North American Higher Education
Conference
March 17-20, 2004
Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEXICO
“Discovering North American Potential:
Higher Education Charts a New Course”
Join leaders and practitioners of higher education, business,
government and students in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico for
CONAHEC’s 9th North American Higher Education Conference!
Canada, Mexico and the United States share many historical,
cultural, and linguistic bonds. With the signing of NAFTA
in 1994, our countries have become inextricably linked by
growing economic ties. Leaders in North America recognize
that regional prosperity and the prosperity of our individual
communities depends largely on the global competencies of
our future professionals -- today's students. Government and
education leaders acknowledge that higher education institutions
in North America must take a more aggressive role in offering
students opportunities to gain international expertise.
Together, we will make concrete plans to revitalize the collaborative
agenda in North American higher education. We will review
the 2002 Calgary Recommendations for the second decade of
higher education collaboration, and develop strategies to
implement them. We will focus on developing:
- Mechanisms to promote quality assurance and mutual recognition
of courses and degrees
- Mechanisms to promote the certification of skills in
the professional and technical fields
- A North American Higher Education Trilateral Commission
Concurrent sessions will showcase strategies and best practices
in areas such as:
- Mechanisms to ease immigration difficulties for students
within North America
- Promoting and strengthening North American studies across
the continent
- Student and faculty mobility
- Professional mobility and market needs
- Higher education and economic development
- Giving an international experience to those who can’t
leave their home country
Conference highlights will include:
- Overviews by top-level officials representing higher
education, government and business of key issues confronting
North America in the next decade
- Working group sessions
- Structured networking exercises to meet partners for collaborative
projects with key institutional representatives from Mexico,
the U.S. and Canada
- A gala awards dinner honoring individuals who have contributed
to higher education collaboration in North America
- Joint sessions with the Student Organization of North
America (SONA).
The 9th North American Higher Education Conference is organized
by the Consortium
for North American Higher Education Collaboration. CONAHEC
is a trinational consortium linking higher education institutions
in North America.
CONAHEC sincerely thanks The
Ford Foundation for its generous support of this North
American Higher Education Conference.
We would also like to thank the following government agencies
and organizations for their financial support for our conference:
CONAHEC is fortunate to benefit from the assistance of several
of the fine institutions located in Guadalajara. Our host
institution is the Universidad
de Guadalajara, and our co-hosts include: Universidad
Autónoma de Guadalajara; Universidad
del Valle de Atemajac; ITESM-Campus
Guadalajara; and, Universidad
Tecnológica de Jalisco.
Our co-conveners are:
ANUIES Meeting
CONAHEC is pleased to hold its meeting in conjunction with
the ANUIES meeting for Mexico’s Directors of International
Education. The ANUIES meeting will be held at the Fiesta American
on Wednesday, March 17th. This represents an extraordinary
opportunity for Canadian and U.S. directors of international
education to meet your Mexican counterparts who are eager
to arrange new partnerships with your institution.
Display of Literature
A publications table will be available for participants to
display a reasonable number of promotional brochures relevant
to the conference. Space is limited. You may send your brochures
to yourself at the hotel prior to the conference.
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