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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Featured Speakers:

Eugene Hickok, U.S. Under Secretary of Education
Nan Keohane, President, Duke University
Bobby Inman, Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy, LBJ School, UT-Austin, Admiral (Ret.), USN.
G. Richard Wagoner, President and CEO, General Motors Corporation
David Ward, President of the American Council on Education

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
12:00 - 8:00 Registration Open, Millennium Hotel
3:30 - 4:30 pm Preconference Briefing for Rapporteurs, Millennium Hotel
5:45 - 6:15 pm Buses Depart Millenium Hotel for Duke West Campus
6:30 pm Opening Welcome, Duke Chapel
Nannerl O. Keohane, President, Duke University
7:00 pm Reception at Sheafer Mall, Bryan Center, Duke West Campus
7:45 pm Buses depart from Millennium Hotel from Bryan Center Circle
8:00 pm

Opening dinner, Millenium hotel
Presiding: Gilbert Merkx, Duke University

Dinner Address
Eugene W. Hickok, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Introduction: David Ward, President, American Council on Education

   
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
7:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Open, Millennium Hotel

7:45 - 8:30 am

Light continental breakfast buffet

8:30 - 9:40 am

Session I, Plenary - Overview
Presiding: Gilbert Merkx, Duke University

Plenary address:
David Ward,
President, American Council on Education
Introduction: Keith Brodie, President Emeritus, Duke University

Challenges Facing the HEA Reauthorization and Charge to the Conference
Miriam A. Kazanjian, Coalition for International Education

Conference Organization and Schedule
Gilbert Merkx, Duke University

9:40 - 10:00 am

Coffee break

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Session II, Plenary -
National Human Resource Assessment
Presiding: Patrick O'Meara, Indiana University

10:00 - 10:30 am

Government Employment Needs
Nancy Ruther, Yale University

10:30 - 11:00 am

Business Employment Needs
Ben Kedia, University of Memphis with Shirley Daniel, University of Hawaii and Randy Folks, University of South Carolina

11:00 - 11:30 am

Higher Education Foreign Language Needs
Elizabeth Welles, Modern Language Association with Scott McGinnis, National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Higher Education International and Foreign Area Needs
Anne Betteridge, University of Arizona, NCASA

12:00 -1:30 pm

Buffet Lunch and Free Time

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Session II, Plenary (Continued) -
National Human Resource Assessment
Presiding: William Brustein, University of Pittsburgh

1:30 - 2:00 pm

Professional School Needs
Michael Kennedy, University of Michigan

2:00 - 2:30 pm

Internationally Competent Members of Minorities for International Service
Mark Chichester, Institute for International Public Policy with Soji Akomolafe, LeMoyne-Owen College

2:30 - 3:00 pm

Synthesis and Discussion
William Brustein, University of Pittsburgh

3:00 - 3:20 pm

Coffee Break

3:20 - 5:30 pm

Session III, Break Out Groups -
Papers on Assessment of International Education Strategies

3:20 - 4:00 pm

Break-Out Groups: Paper Presentations:

  1. The State of Teacher Training for K-12 International Education
    Ann Imlah Schneider, International Education Consultant

    International Education and Teacher Preparation in the U.S.
    John Heyl, Old Dominion University

    Outreach: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
    Jonathan Friedlander, UCLA

    Presiding: Sharon Minichiello, University of Hawaii
    Rapporteur: John Metzler, Michigan State University

  2. The State of Internationalizing Education at the Undergraduate Level
    Madeleine Green, American Council on Education

    Presiding: Linda Korbel, Oakton Community College, Executive Director, American Council on International Intercultural Education
    Rapporteur: Maria Carlson, University of Kansas

  3. Library and Information Resources for International Education
    Deborah Jakubs, Duke University with Dan Hazen, Harvard College Library

    Presiding: Dan Hazen, Harvard University
    Rapporteur: James Simon, Center for Research Libraries

  4. Recruitment and Training in International Education in the Professional
    Schools

    Gilles Bousquet, University of Wisconsin

    Presiding: Donald L. Stevens, University of Colorado at Denver
    Rapporteur: Wolfgang Schloer, University of Pittsburgh

  5. Foreign Language Education Resources and Strategies
    Margaret E. (Meg) Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics with Benjamin Rifkin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Presiding: David Edwards, Joint National Committee on Languages
    Rapporteur: Edna Andrews, Duke University

  6. Institutional Linkages and Partnerships with Foreign Institutions
    David Wiley with Christine E. Root, Michigan State University

    Presiding: Barbara Turlington, American Council on Education
    Rapporteur: Cheryl Ryan, Ohio State University

  7. Toward Equal and Equitable Access
    Nicole Norfles, Council for Opportunity in Education

    Presiding: Arlene Jackson, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
    Rapporteur: Helen Ezenwa, Institute for International Public Policy

  8. Study Abroad and International Competence
    John Hudzik, Michigan State University, with David Larsen, Arcadia University

    Presiding: Dan Davidson, American Council of Teachers of Russian
    Rapporteur: Michael Vande Berg, Georgetown University

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Break-Out Groups:
Discussion and development of recommendations

7:00 pm

Dinner, Millenium Hotel Ballroom
Presiding: Shirley J. Daniel, University of Hawaii and President, Association for International Business Education and Research

Dinner address:
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., President & CEO, General Motors Corporation
Introduction: Dr. Tallman Trask III, Executive Vice President, Duke University

 

 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25

7:30 - 8:30 am

Light continental breakfast buffet

8:30 am

Plenary Address:
Presiding: Gilbert Merkx, Duke University

Bobby Inman, Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy, LBJ School, UT-Austin, Admiral (Ret.), USN.

9:00 - 9:15 am Coffee Break

9:15 - 11:30 am

Session IV, Plenary -
Reports of the Breakout Groups
Presiding: Uliana Gabara, University of Richmond

 

Each breakout group rapporteur will have 15 minutes to report recommendations, with a fifteen minute break between 10:00 -10:15 am.

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Session V, Final Plenary -
Summary Discussion and Wrap Up
Conference Rapporteur Summary: Gilbert Merkx, Duke University