10th North American Higher Education Conference
October 12-15, 2005
San Juan, Puerto Rico
“Beyond Boundaries:
Building Bridges of Collaboration in Higher Education”
Join leaders and practitioners of higher education, business,
government and students in San Juan, Puerto Rico for CONAHEC’s
10th North American Higher Education Conference!
North Americans 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.
Puerto Rico is a vibrant multi-cultural society strategically
positioned as a gateway between North America, Latin America
and the Caribbean. Convening in Puerto Rico will provide a
unique opportunity for representatives of the region to have
a glimpse of issues and partnerships not only in North America
but also with Caribbean and other Latin American institutions.
In many ways, Puerto Rico offers insights into best practices
of North American relations, and provides an ideal location
for discussions into what the future of international and
regional higher education might be.
Together, we will revitalize the collaborative agenda in
North American higher education in the new political, economic
and educational context in which we live today, at the beginning
of the second decade of the NAFTA. We will focus on:
- Further improving mechanisms to promote quality assurance
and mutual recognition of courses and degrees
- Identifying current challenges and opportunities in North
American higher education
- Sharing best practices in efforts to internationalize
institutions and their curricula
- Comparing the experiences in developing, implementing
and promoting student exchange programs in other regions
- Discussing mechanisms to promote the certification of
skills in the professional and technical fields
- Fostering a more active participation of institutions,
governments and the business sector in international education
and collaboration
Concurrent sessions will showcase strategies and best practices
in areas such as:
- Promoting and strengthening North American studies across
the continent and beyond
- Student and faculty mobility
- Professional mobility and market needs
- Higher education and economic development
- Providing 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 this decade
- Working group sessions
- Structured networking exercises to meet partners for collaborative
projects with key institutional representatives from North
America
- 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 10th 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.
Our co-conveners are:
CONAHEC is fortunate to benefit from the assistance
of one of the finest institutions located in Puerto Rico.
Our host for this exciting event is the
Universidad
Interamericana de Puerto Rico.
CONAHEC sincerely thanks our sponsor organizations for their
generous support of this North American Higher Education Conference.
Educational Organizations sponsoring/supporting the conference:
Government:
Private Sector Sponsors:
If you would like to find out about how to become a conference
sponsor, please visit our Conference
Sponsorship page.
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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