Conference Program | Institute for International Studies in Education

The schedule for this year's International Workshop on Higher Education Reform Program is provided below. A full PDF-version of the Conference Program is now available for download ( click here to download the Program as of 9 October 2012).

WEDNESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2012

4:00-6:00 pm	INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
	Room: Wesley W. Posvar Hall (WWPH) 5915
6:30-7:00 pm	REGISTRATION*
	Room: WWPH 5604
7:00-9:00 pm	OPENING RECEPTION
	Room: WWPH 5604

THURSDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2012

8:00-9:00 am	REGISTRATION*
	Room: University Club (UC) Ballroom A
9:00-11:00 am	OPENING SESSION A, Chair: W. James Jacob
	Room: UC Ballroom A
	Welcome address: W. James Jacob, Director, IISE, University of Pittsburgh, USA Welcome address: Alan Lesgold, Dean, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, USA KEYNOTE ADDRESS I: Mark A. Nordenberg, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, USA Opening Remarks: Hans G. Schuetze, University of British Columbia, Canada, and University of Oldenburg, Germany Changing Environments and Higher Education Reforms: An Introduction into the Workshop KEYNOTE ADDRESS II: Josef W. Konvitz, Chair, PASCAL International Observatory
11:00-11:15 am	BREAK
11:15-12:45 pm	PAPER SESSION B-1, Chair: Jorge Enrique Delgado
	Room: UC Gold Room
	Engaging Communities by Advocating Civic Literacy and Social Leadership Skills in Higher Education Curriculum • Tatyana Dumova, Point Park University, USA Engaging Technology in University-Community Partnerships • Seth Pollack, California State University, Monterey Bay, USA Making “Civic Literacy” a Core Component of the Undergraduate Curriculum at California State University, Monterey Bay • Hugo Gutierrez Ahumada, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, & Diego Rodriguez, Campus Monterrey, Mexico Developing Social Leadership Skills in Students: The Leadership for Social Development Program • Somkiat Kamolpun, University of Pittsburgh, USA Higher Education Curriculum and the Needs of Labor market
11:15-12:45 pm	PAPER SESSION B-2, Chair: Stewart E. Sutin
	Room: UC Conf Room A
	Quality Management in Higher Education: From Access to Assurance • Adrienne Hyle, University of Texas at Arlington, USA; and Maria Adamuti-Trache, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Building University-Community Partnerships: Challenges and Expectatitons • Malinee Rattananuntapat, University of Pittsburgh, USA Quality Management: An Imperative for the Modern Higher Education Administration • Treva A. Clark, Lebanon Valley College, USA NGOs-Voices of Reason; Shouts for Change • Steward Sutin, University of Pittsburgh, USA & W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh, USA Higher Education Affordability, Accountability, and Access in a Competitive Global Context
11:15-12:45 pm	PAPER SESSION B-3, Chair: Michael Gunzenhauser
	Room: UC Conf Room B
	Community Engagement Policies: Explorative Perspectives • Andrew Kaniki, National Research Foundation, South Africa Institutionalization of Community Engagement in South African Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Implications • Heather McRae, University of Alberta, Canada; and Walter Archer, University of Alberta, Canada Two Alternative Approaches to Reforming the Policy and Practice of Community Engagement of Higher Education • Sarena Seifer, University of Guelph, Canada; and Walter Archer, University of Alberta, Canada; and Colleagues Rewarding Community-Engaged Scholarship in Canada: Transforming University Policies and Practices • Kambara Nobuyuki, Niigata University, Japan Policies and Practices of Collaborative Education Program Between High School and Universities
12:45-2:00 pm	LUNCH**, Room: UC Ballroom A
2:00-3:30 pm	PAPER SESSION C-1, Chair: Andrä Wolter
	Room: UC Conf Room A
	Higher Education Community Engagement: Case Studies at the Institutional and State Level • Esther Gottlieb, Ohio State University, USA Internationalizing Across the Disciplines: A Case Study of Academic Learning Partnership • Kecia Hayes, Teachers College, USA & Emily Zemke, Teachers College, USA Teachers College’s Partnership Schools Consortium: A University-Assisted Schools’ Model to Achieve Comprehensive Educational Opportunity • Vera Lucia Felicetti, Marilia Costa Morosini & Casartelli Alam de Oliveira, UNILASALLE – Centro Universitario La Salle/Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul-Brasil, Brazil Results of the University for All Program (PROUNI), Engagement, Satisfaction, and Employability • Andrä Wolter, Humboldt University, Germany Lifelong Learning as a Particular Realization of Community Engagement: The German Case
2:00-3:30 pm	PAPER SESSION C-2, Chair: Linda DeAngelo
	Room: UC Gold Room
	Methodological Approaches to Community-Focused Research of Higher Education • Futao Huang, Hiroshima University, Japan A Study of Academics’ Service Activities in the Comparative and Quantitative Perspectives • Che-Wei (David) Lee, University of Pittsburgh, USA A Critical Ethnography of Indigenous Community-based Education: Toward a Democratic, Organic, and Emancipatory Vision of Indigenous Community-based School • W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh, USA & Stewart E. Sutin, University of Pittsburgh, USA Method for Comparing Higher Education Community Engagement in Eleven Countries
2:00-3:30 pm	PAPER SESSION C-3, Chair: Pavel Zgaga
	Room: UC Conf Room B
	Higher Education Reform in Community Engagement in Post-Socialist Contexts • Yuliya Zayachuk, Ivan Franko National University of L’viv, Ukraine Logic of Changes in the University Educational Activities as a Result of Modern Changes of the Relationships in a Triangle “An International Community – A State –A University” • Mariam Orkodashvili, Vanderbilt University, USA Reforming Higher Education in Post-Soviet Countries: Mergers, Corruption, Coercion • Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Higher Education Reforms and Development of New Nation States: The Case of South-Eastern Europe
3:30-3:45 pm	BREAK
3:45-5:00 pm	PLENARY SESSION D, Chair: Tracy Soska
	Room: UC Ballroom A
	University-Community Partnerships for Community and Economic Development: Community Engagement Lessons from the Host City • Tracy Soska, University of Pittsburgh, USA • G. Reynolds Clark, University of Pittsburgh, USA • John Wilds, University of Pittsburgh, USA • Michael Yonas, University of Pittsburgh, USA • Adrienne Walnoha, Community Human Services Corp., USA • Wanda Wilson, Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, USA • Georgia Petropoulos Muir, Oakland Business Improvement District, USA • Mavis Rainey, Oakland Transportation Management Association, USA
5:00-5:15 pm	PHOTO OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES
	Room: UC Ballroom A
5:15-6:45 pm	CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING AND CAMPUS TOUR
	Meet at UC Ballroom A
6:45-8:45 pm	WORKSHOP DINNER**
	Room: UC Ballroom A
	PLENARY SESSION E, Chair: Maureen W. McClure
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS III: David Baker, Pennsylvania State University, USA; President, Comparative and International Education Society, USA

FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2012

8:00-9:00 am	REGISTRATION*
	Room: Wesley W. Posvar Hall (WWPH) 5604
9:00-11:00 am	PLENARY SESSION F, Chair: John C. Weidman
	Room: WWPH 5604
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS IV: Kassie Freeman, President, Southern University System, USA KEYNOTE ADDRESS V: Alex Johnson, President, Community College of Allegheny County, USA KEYNOTE ADDRESS VI: Anne Kaplan, Vice President, Regional Engagement, Northern Illinois University, USA
11:00-11:15 am	BREAK
11:15-12:45 pm	PAPER SESSION G-1, Chair: M. Najeeb Shafiq
	Room: WWPH 5604
	Community Engagement for Research and Teaching through Service: Lesson from South Western Pennsylvania’s Higher Education Community • Tracy Soska, University of Pittsburgh, USA • Lina Dostilio, Duquesne University, USA • David Calvario, Waynesburg University, USA • Shari Payne, Robert Morris University, USA • Jessica Friedrichs, Carlow University, USA • Patricia Bamwine, University of Pittsburgh, USA • Lila de Klaver, Collegiate YMCA, USA
11:15-12:45 pm	PAPER SESSION G-2, Chair: Qiang Zha
	Room: WWPH 5700
	Higher Education Growth and Development: Challenges in International Contexts • Qiang Zha, York University, Canada The “Bejing Consensus” and Chinese Universities: The Looming Crisis • Sumin Li, Tianjin Normal University, China The Status Quo and Problems of Service Function for Chinese Higher Education Institutions • Joseph Chacha, Narok University, Kenya Reform in Bed-Pegged University Admission Policy in Kenya • Hannah Wanjiru M. Gathii, Community Development Productions, Kenya Social Justice Issues in Community Engagement Efforts in Kenya
11:15-12:45 pm	PAPER SESSION G-3, Chair: Shinichi Yamamoto
	Room: WWPH 5702
	Community Engagement in Higher Education: Historical Background and Current Trends • Peter Weldon, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Entrepreneurship as a Means to Community Engagement in Japanese Higher Ed • Shinichi Yamamoto, J.F. Oberlin University, Japan Community Engagement in Higher Education in Japan: The Role of Universities in the Past, Present and Future • Carolyn M. Shields, Wayne State University, USA The Shape of Community Engagement in Urban Centers: Possibilities or Improbabilities—The Case of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
12:45-2:00 pm	LUNCH***
2:00-3:30 pm	PAPER SESSION H-1, Chair: Linda Silka
	Room: WWPH 5604
	Innovative Approaches to Engagement Among Universities • Eiman S. Abokhodair, Institue of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia Action Learning as an Approach for Developing Leaders, Solving Problems, and Building Successful Teams in Saudi Arabian Higher Education Institutions • Barbara Packer-Muti, Nova Southeastern University, USA & Ronald Chenail, Nova Southeastern University, USA Community Engagement at Nova Southeastern university: A Case Study • Linda Silka, University of Maine, USA; Mario Teisl, University of Maine, USA, & Robin Toof, University of Maine, USA Place-based Approaches to Engagement: Can Universities be Local and Global?
2:00-3:30 pm	PAPER SESSION H-2, Chair: German Alvarez-Mendiola
	Room: WWPH 5702
	Social Service, Civic Engagement and Research Communities in Mexico • Sergio Martinez Romo, The Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico Small Research Communities Networks through Higher Education Institutions in Mexico Looking Abroad • German Alvarez-Mendiola, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados, (DIE, Cinvestav), Mexico The Social Service in Mexico: A Unique Worldwide experience of Social Engagement of Higher Education, with Promises … and Problems • Gustavo Gregorutti, University of Montemorelos, Mexico Increasing Community Outreach: The Case of the University of Montemorelos
3:30-3:45 pm	BREAK
3:45-5:00 pm	PLENARY SESSION I, Chair: Hans G. Schuetze
	Room: WWPH 5604
	From Community Service to Institutionalized Community Engagement • Germán Álvarez-Mendiola, Centre of Research Advanced Studies (DIE, CINVESTAV), Mexico • Walter Archer, University of Alberta, Canada • Futao Huang, Hiroshima University, Japan • Hans G. Schuetze, University of British Columbia, Canada • Carolyn Shields, Wayne State University, USA • Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5:00-5:30 pm	CONCLUDING SESSION J, Chair: W. James Jacob
	Concluding Remarks: Huiyuan Ye, University of Pittsburgh, USA Next Year’s Workshop Announcement: Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

*The Registration Desk will be open throughout the duration of the workshop should anyone need to register or if you have questions pertaining to the workshop. The Registration Desk will be located in the foyer outside of Room 5604 WWPH on Wednesday evening, shift to the University Club Ballroom A on Thursday (11 October 2012), and will be located in Room 5706 WWPH on Friday (12 October 2012).
** This meal will be paid for by workshop registration fee.
*** This lunch is not covered by the registration fee; refer to Appendix 1 for a list of restaurant options nearby.

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