Symposium Opening

Welcome:

Robert Birgeneau - Chancellor, UC Berkeley

Conference Rationale, Goals, Structure, Approaches and Outcomes:

C. Judson King - CSHE, UC Berkeley

OECD Perspective on Major International Issues Affecting Public Higher Education

Session Chair: David Breneman - University of Virginia

Speaker:

Stephan Vincent-Lancrin, Directorate of Education, OECD

Environmental Scan of U. S. Public Higher Education - Issues and Trends

Session Chair: Ahmed Bawa - University of Kwazulu-Natal

Speakers:

Irwin Feller – Penn State/AAAS

Robert Berdahl – President AAU

Environmental Scan of Higher Education in Europe - Approaches and Trends

Session Chair:

John Douglass - CSHE, UC Berkeley

Speakers:

Marijk van der Wende - IMHE OECD/CHEPS/ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Mike Shattock - Institute of Education, University of London

Wilhelm Krull - Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation

Environmental Scan of Higher Education in the Pacific Region - Approaches and Trends

Session Chair:

Otto C-C Lin - Senior Advisor to the President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Chief Executive Officer, China Nansha Technology Enterprises Ltd.; former President, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Speakers:

Wan-Hua Ma, Graduate School of Education, Peking University

Philip Altbach - Boston College

Comments:

Rory Hume - Executive Vice President UC Office of the President

Comparative Approaches to Financing of Public Higher Education

Session Chair:

Sheldon Rothblatt

Speakers:

David Palfreyman - OxCHEPS, New College, University of Oxford

Katharine Lyall - University of Wisconsin

Comments:

David Breneman - University of Virginia

Jeroen Huisman - International Centre for Higher Education, University of Bath

Comparative Approaches to Access and Marketing: Undergraduate Education and Degree Production

Session Chair:

Steven Brint - UC Riverside

Speakers:

John Douglass - CSHE, UC Berkeley

Grant Harman - University of New England, Australia

Kerstin Eliasson, former State Secretary, Sweden

Science and Technology Initiatives and Strategies for Economic Development

Session Chair:

Irwin Feller

Panel:

Otto C-C. Lin - Senior Advisor to the President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Chief Executive Officer, China Nansha Technology Enterprises Ltd.; former President, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Henry Etzkowitz - Business School, University of Newcastle

Taizo Yakushiji - Cabinet Officer, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Government of Japan, Tokyo; former Vice-president for Academic Affairs, Keio University, Tokyo

Comments:

John Zysman - BRIE, Political Science UC Berkeley

Comparative Approaches to Governance and Management of HE Systems

Session Chair:

Katharine Lyall - University of Wisconsin

Panel:

Christine Musselin – Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Science Po

C. Judson King - CSHE UC Berkeley

Jeroen Huisman – International Centre for Higher Education, University of Bath

Group Reflection on Discussion/Targets for Further Research

Moderator:

C. Judson King – CSHE, UC Berkeley

Initial Comments:

Dan Fallon – Carnegie Corporation

Robert Berdahl - President AAU

Taizo Yakushiji - Cabinet Officer, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Government of Japan, Tokyo; former Vice-president for Academic Affairs, Keio University, Tokyo

John Zysman - BRIE, Political Science UC Berkeley