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CIES BULLETIN, SEPTEMBER 2007 |
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CIES does not endorse any of the
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CIES News/Announcements: | ||
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2008 CIES Conference in New York, NY:
click here for more information. Dates: 18-22 March, 2008. Theme: "Educational Equity Around the World" Place: Teachers College, Columbia University |
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| ▪ You are invited to attend the CIES Midwest Regional Conference, Nov. 2-3, Chicago, IL. | |||
| ▪ CIES Elections 2008: Call for nominations (Deadline: October 1). | |||
| ▪ CIES Cain Award: Call for nominations (Deadline: October 15). | |||
| ▪ CIES Kelly Award: Call for Nominations (Deadline: October 15). | |||
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PowerPoint presentations, CIES 2007 conference (please
contact the authors directly for further information). Title: "Relevance of US Education to Former Students from Taiwan: An Exploratory Investigation" Authors: Su-Chin Hsieh, Ph.D. Candidate, and Dr. Francis Musa Boakari (University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX). |
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▪ Would you like to join or create a SIG? You will find more
information
here. ▪ New SIG initiatives: ICT4D SIG (Informational Technology for Development), and Inclusive Education SIG. |
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Miscellaneous Announcements: | ||
| ▪ Call for papers for the Comparative Education Review special Issue on “Education and Conflict/Post-Conflict Societies” | |||
| ▪ Call for papers: Book on "Holocaust Education in Central and Eastern Europe: International Pressure, National Policies, and Classroom Practice". | |||
| ▪ Call for Chapter Proposals: Volume 10 in the International Perspectives on Education and Society, titled "Gender, Equality, and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives". | |||
| ▪ Call for Papers: PROSPECTS: UNESCO's Quarterly Review of Comparative Education. | |||
| ▪ The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina invites applications for a tenure-track position in Educational Administration, with specialization in comparative and international education and educational leadership. | |||
| ▪ 4 Vacancies: European Commission Initiative on the Development of Human Capital for Economic Growth, Competitiveness and Innovation in Ukraine. [TOR]. | |||
| ▪ 2 Read Graduate Assistantships: The Department of Special Collections and Archives in the Kent State University Libraries recently appointed its first Read Graduate Assistants. These assistantships were made possible by a generous donation from the Dr. Gerald H. and Victoria C. T. Read family. | |||
| ▪ The Population Council Bixby Fellowship program is accepting applications for 2008 starting September 1st 2007. | |||
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▪ Africa Regional Networks Database was launched by the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA). The detailed database of 120+ research and training networks is searchable online and can be downloaded. The website is: http://www.foundation-partnership.org/networks/ |
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▪ The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, an initiative of seven US foundations, has published three new volumes in its higher education case study series. These volumes, covering Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria are the latest in a series initiated in 2002 with volumes on Makerere University (Uganda), the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), higher education in Mozambique, and higher education in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Please click here for more information. |
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The full proceedings of the November 2006 University Leaders’ Forum for African Vice-Chancellors are available online. The Forum theme was the University Role in Harnessing ICT for Economic Development. The website is http://www.foundation-partnership.org/pubs/leaders/start.html |
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Other Conferences: | ||
| ▪ International Conference: "Role of the Universities in the Development of the International and Foreign Economic Relations of the Regions in Russia" (October 3-4, 2007) | |||
| ▪ World Bank IEG (Independent Evaluation Group) Conference on Achieving Development Results in Middle-Income Countries, Thursday, October 18, 2007. | |||
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