Call for proposals EAIR forum Erasmus University Rotterdam, August 2013

Erasmus University will host the 35th Forum of The European Higher Education Society  (EAIR), 28 - 31 August 2013. This forum is organized by a Programme Committee consisting of seven members:
 

Ivo Arnold • Professor of Economic Education and Vice Dean Erasmus School of Economics
Maria J. Rosa • Researcher at CIPES • University of Aveiro, Portugal and
James Williams • Senior Researcher • Birmingham University, United KingdomWilfred Mijnhardt • Policy Director RSM/ERIM , Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University

Henk Schmidt Rector of Erasmus University Rotterdam - Chair

Anita Ax, Co-Chair

The logistics are handled by the EAIR secretariat in Amsterdam (www.eair.nl; contact person Gerlof Groenewoud) together with Erasmus Academy (www.eur.nl/erasmusacademie, Ad Hofstede)

Theme and tracks

The theme of this forum is

The Impact of Higher Education: Addressing the challenges of the 21st century

The theme of the Forum  has a broad scope  with a lot of possibilities to profile our universities, its scientific and support staff. More information is provided on the website of EAIR, http://www.eair.nl/forum/rotterdam/

Tracks for the 35th Annual EAIR Rotterdam Forum:

• Track 1: Governance: impact follows strategy?
• Track 2: Student learning and the student experience
• Track 3: Institutional research: how to measure impact?
• Track 4: Quality management in higher education
• Track 5: Ranking: excellence and reputation management
• Track 6: Access to higher education
• Track 7: The impact of higher education on the economy

At this moment, it is still possible to send in proposals.

The procedure: http://www.eair.nl/forum/rotterdam/callforproposals.asp

The submission form: www.eair.nl/forum/rotterdam/proposals/

This Forum gives us a unique stage to present our ideas on the challenge of impact of Higher Education. Impact not only of our researchers in the scientific field, but also of our university on its environment, of our students and graduates on society in general, in short: this theme covers a very broad range of subjects.

For any questions, please contact Anita Ax, Ax@remove-this.bv2013.eur.nl, or the EAIR secretariat