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Workshops
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IV
Sessions
2.01, 2.03,
2.05, 2.06. 8.07,
9.01, 9.02,
9.03, 9.04, 9.05
ACE Open meeting
workshop II Credential
evaluation – developing expertise ACE |
| This workshop is designed for admissions officers and
credential evaluators who have had six months to three years of
experience and who would like to increase their expertise in
evaluating educational credentials from non-European countries,
with an emphasis on China and India. Hands-on practice will be
provided. Participants will learn to read enough Chinese to be
able to spot-check documents from China for evidence of
authenticity. Basic resources will be identified. Participants
are encouraged to bring overhead transparencies of one to four
problem cases from their own files. |
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introductory |
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Wednesday 15 September 09.30–16.30 |
| Chair |
James Frey, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc,
Milwaukee |
| Speaker |
Robert Warmenhoven, Nuffic, Den Haag |
| Speaker |
Ingrid Qing Xu Bjørkly, Norwegian Agency for Quality
Assurance in Education (NOKUT), Oslo |
| Speaker |
James Frey, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc,
Milwaukee |
| workshop III International
credential evaluation: advanced levelACE |
| This workshop will review basic principles and procedures of
international credential evaluation from both the European and
the American points of view. Special attention will be paid to
international legal instruments in this field. The main part of
the workshop will consist of presentations by experts of
representative files of educational credentials, including
university qualifications, non-university qualifications and
qualifications from private institutions. Participants will be
asked to work with these files and discuss factors leading to a
certain evaluation. The problems regarding fraudulent documents
will also be addressed. |
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Wednesday 15 September 09.30–16.30 |
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| Chair |
Dirk Haaksman, Nuffic, Den Haag |
| Speaker |
Rolf Lofstad, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance
in Education (NOKUT), Oslo |
| Speaker |
Margit Schatzman, Educational Credential Evaluators,
Inc, Milwaukee |
| Speaker |
Dirk Haaksman, Nuffic, Den Haag |
| workshop IV Diploma mills and
other non-recognised institutions of higher educationACE |
| The objective of the workshop is to enhance the participants'
professional knowledge and experience in this area. It will give
a general overview of the topic. Principles of ‘recognition’ and
‘accreditation’ and their roles in the evaluation of higher
education credentials will be discussed in depth and examples
will be included from different national systems. Practical
methods for determining and interpreting the status of higher
education institutions will be recommended. Different types of
diploma mills and the typical ways in which they operate will be
presented. Examples of actions taken against bogus institutions
will be shown. The presentation will also include other forms of
non-legitimate credentials and institutions and why they should
not be evaluated. The second part of the workshop will be
devoted to practical discussion of examples of credentials in
smaller groups. Participants will have the opportunity to share
their own experiences with suspect credentials as well as
discuss possibilities for acting against diploma mills. |
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intermediate |
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Wednesday 15 September 09.30–16.30 |
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| Chair |
Nina Kowalewska, Swedish National Agency for Higher
Education, Stockholm |
| Speaker |
George Gollin, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champain, Urbana |
| Speaker |
Jessica Stannard, Nuffic, Den Haag |
| Speaker |
Ann Koenig, American Association of Collegiate
Registrars & Admission Of, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Speaker |
Erik Johansson, Swedish National Agency for
Higher Education, Stockholm |
Sessions
| Stream: Accreditation & evaluation |
| 2.01 ACE Opening Session Recognition in the Bologna
process: overview and links with qualifications frameworksACE
(followed by ACE
open meeting) |
| Recognition is one of the three priorities of the Bologna
process set by the Berlin Communiqué. Speakers will give an
overview of several recent developments in recognition,
concentrating in particular on links of recognition with the
emerging qualifications’ frameworks and recognition of joint
degrees. |
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intermediate |
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Thursday 16 September 14.00–15.30 |
| Chair |
Andrejs Rauhvargers, Latvian Rectors' Council, Riga |
| Speaker |
Stephen Adam, University of Westminster, London |
| Speaker |
Peter van der Hijden, European Commission, Brussels |
| Speaker |
Gunnar Vaht, Foundation Archimedes, Tallinn |
| Speaker |
Andrejs Rauhvargers, Latvian Rectors' Council,
Riga |
ACE Open MeetingACE |
| ACE open meeting will be held immediately after and
linked to the ACE opening session 2.01 'Recognition in
the Bologna process: overview and links with qualifications
frameworks'. After the information on this year's ACE Board
activities, including a financial statement, announcing
electronic ballot results and approving the new board, the
future conference topics, board activities and ACE training
events will be discussed. |
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Thursday 16 September 15.30–16.30 |
| Stream: Accreditation & evaluation |
| 2.03 The Bologna Declaration: a transatlantic viewACE |
| This session will present survey results of North American
university admissions staff, identifying their level of
knowledge of the Bologna Declaration, their expectations and
needs, and questions concerning admitting European students.
Suggestions will be made on how to use this information to
improve the success of European students seeking admission
abroad. |
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intermediate |
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Friday 17 September 10.30–12.00 |
| Chair |
Margit Schatzman, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc,
Milwaukee |
| Speaker |
Tuula Kuosmanen, National Agency for Higher Education,
Stockholm |
| Speaker |
Linda Tobash, Institute of International Education (IIE),
New York |
| Speaker |
Margit Schatzman, Educational Credential
Evaluators, Inc, Milwaukee |
| Stream: Accreditation & evaluation |
| 2.05 Accreditation and recognition in the US: what
international professionals need to knowACE |
| A clear understanding of the role of accreditation in US
education is critical for those responsible for partnerships
with US institutions and evaluating US education. The speakers
will discuss what US accreditation is and is not, and the impact
of evaluation of US study on institutional and national mobility
policies. |
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intermediate |
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Saturday 18 September 10.30–12.00 |
| Chair |
Eric Staab, Grinnell College, Grinnell |
| Speaker |
Rolf Lofstad, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance
in Education (NOKUT), Oslo |
| Speaker |
Ann Koenig, American Association of Collegiate
Registrars & Admission Of, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Stream: Accreditation & evaluation |
| 2.06 Developing a quality culture inside institutions –
process, structures and key actorsACE |
| Based on case studies, this session will examine the results
of two years of the European University Association (EUA)
Quality Culture Project and will identify the tools needed to
develop internal quality culture in institutions, in terms of
process, structures and key actors. It will explore these
aspects as they apply to implementing Bologna reforms and
student support services. |
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intermediate |
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Saturday 18 September 15.30–17.00 |
| Chair |
David Crosier, European University Association (EUA),
Brussels |
| Speaker |
Jurgen Kohler, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of
Greifswald, Greifswald |
| Speaker |
Luciano Arcuri, Università degli Studi di Padova,
Padova |
| Policy & strategy |
| 8.07 Bologna: implications for admission of European
students to US graduate programmes, and vice versaACE |
| European and US educational associations have raised
concerns and questions about the implications for the admission
of European students into graduate programmes in the US, and US
students into graduate programmes in European universities, of
the three-year first cycle of study proposed by the Bologna
Declaration. The panelists will discuss the educational bases of
both undergraduate degrees and how universities have evaluated
and accommodated differences for admission purposes. They will
also discuss the desirability of a joint committee to study and
reconcile potential difficulties on an ongoing basis before the
Bologna process is complete. |
| Chair |
Gerben van Lent, ETS Europe, Utrecht |
| Speaker |
Debra Stewart, Council of Graduate Schools, USA,
Washington DC |
| Speaker |
Giancarlo Spinelli, Politecnico di Milano, Milano |
| Speaker |
Peter van der Hijden, European Commission,
Brussels |
| Speaker |
John Yopp, Educational Testing Service (ETS),
Princeton |
| Stream: National education systems |
| 9.01 Higher education in the USACE |
| This introductory session will provide an overview of the
history and structure of the US higher education system, and a
summary of admission processes, as well as services and
programmes available to international students at schools in the
US. The impact of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information
System (SEVIS), best practice in creating international linkages
with US institutions, and an explanation of the role that
professional organisations play in US higher education will also
be covered. |
| Chair |
John Greisberger, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| Speaker |
Linda Tobash, Institute of International Education (IIE),
New York |
| Speaker |
Margit Schatzman, Educational Credential Evaluators,
Inc, Milwaukee |
| Stream: National education systems |
| 9.02 Countries of the Caucasus and Central AsiaACE |
| The presenters will give a brief overview of the higher
educational systems of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. While some
aspects of these systems have remained the same since the USSR
dissolution, emphasis will be placed on accreditation issues,
new credentials, and new institutions. |
| Chair |
Erik Johansson, Swedish National Agency for Higher
Education, Stockholm |
| Speaker |
Katarina Witek, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance
in Education (NOKUT), Oslo |
| Speaker |
Erik Johansson, Swedish National Agency for Higher
Education, Stockholm |
| Stream: National education systems |
| 9.03 The national education system in MexicoACE |
| In Mexico, official degree-granting recognition is granted
to tertiary institutions on a programme (not institutional)
basis by a national agency, a state agency, or a public
university. There is no standard credit system. This session
will provide information on the system and its tertiary
educational credentials. |
| Chair |
James Frey, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc,
Milwaukee |
| Speaker |
Maria Cristina Moreno Gutierrez, Universidad de
Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL |
| Stream: National education systems |
| 9.04 Higher education in PolandACE |
| This session will present the system of higher education in
Poland, its transformations following the political changes of
1989, its dynamic growth over the last 15 years, and the recent
developments associated with the Bologna process. Specific
topics will include progress in the area of accreditation, and
the role of the private sector which comprises more than 250
higher education institutions. |
| Chair |
Maria Nowakowska, Jagiellonian University, Kraków |
| Speaker |
Andrzej Kozminski, The Leon Kozminski Academy of
Entrepreneurship & Management, Warsaw |
| Speaker |
Andrzej Jamiolkowski, Polish State Accreditation
Committee, Warszawa |
| Speaker |
Andrzej Krasniewski, Conference of Rectors of
Academic Schools in Poland, Warszawa |
| Stream: National education systems |
| 9.05 A South American potpourri: Argentina, Brazil and
ChileACE |
| An overview of the current educational systems of Argentina,
Brazil and Chile, focusing on higher education (undergraduate,
graduate and professional programmes), grade sales, and
accredited institutions of higher education. |
| Chair |
Margit Schatzman, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc,
Milwaukee |
| Speaker |
Kenneth Warren, Educational Perspectives, nfp, Chicago |
| Speaker |
Freda Clements-Willis, Josef Silny & Associates, Inc,
Coral Gables |
| Speaker |
Lou Nunes, SpanTran Educational Services Inc,
Houston |
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