24th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
New York City, USA, 1-2 September 2015

PRESENTATIONS
(in order of participation)

Welcome Address
Ignaz Bender, President of ICHE and former Chancellor of Trier University, Germany

Quality of education as a determinant of peace and prosperity
James F. Jeffrey, Former Ambassador of the USA to Ankara, Baghdad and Tirana

The global relevance of the liberal arts: Historical traditions and contemporary developments
Philip G. Altbach, Boston College, USA

The role of liberal arts in undergraduate engineering education
Jared L. Cohon, University Professor & President Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Education for future members of the legal profession in emerging economies: the role of humanities as intellectual infrastructure
Sinan Çelebi, Minister of Justice, Regional Government of Kurdistan, Iraq
Lale Sirmen, Professor, Faculty of Law, Bilkent University, Turkey
Mustafa Nakeeb, Coordinator of Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas, Bilkent University, Turkey

Educating future scientists
Harold Varmus, Lewis Thomas University Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

Institutional challenges to the introduction of liberal arts into existing curricula: the Bilkent experience
Adnan Akay, Provost, Bilkent University, Turkey
Ali Doğramacı, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Bilkent University, Turkey

Carnegie Mellon’s undergraduate business education in Pittsburgh and Qatar: the role of liberal arts in the curriculum
İlker Baybars, Dean & CEO, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

The three cultures; the role of the arts in a mathematical education
Anthony Scholl, Professor of number theory & algebra, University of Cambridge, UK

The biotech of sulfated polysaccharides from red algae: from idea to product
Shoshana Arad, Professor, Ben Gurion University, Israel

Costs of higher education and future directions
Henry M. Levin, William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics & Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Towards a “Fourth Humanism”?
Michael Ambrosi, Professor, University of Trier, Germany

The liberal arts/humanities and the professionalization of the undergraduate curriculum
Nachum Finger, former Rector of Ben Gurion University, Israel

 

Panels:

Towards a Global Community of Visiting Scholars and its Potential Impact on Quality of Higher Education
Chair: Ludvik Toplak (President of İalma Mater Europaea ─ European Center Maribor, Slovenia). Members: Arif Çağlar (former rector of Fırat University, Turkey), Nelson M. Fraiman (Professor and Director of W. Edwards Deming Center, Columbia University, USA), Allan E. Goodman (President & CEO, Institute of International Education, USA), D. Bruce Johnstone (former Chancellor, SUNY, USA)

Diversification of Cost Sharing in Higher Education: Dynamics of the changing shares of the state, students, donations, project overheads, patents & licenses and other sources
Chair: Ignaz Bender. Members: Jared L. Cohon, Nachum Finger, D. Bruce Johnstone, Henry M. Levin

University as and Incubator for Innovations and Implications for the Quality of Education
Chair: Ehud Menipaz. Members: Adnan Akay, Shoshana Arad, Issa Batarseh (Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Central Florida, USA), Nelson M. Fraiman, Jared L. Cohon

 

Presentations provided by invited speakers who were unable to present in person:

The role of humanities in education
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Prime Minister, Saarland, Germany

On university governance
Andrei Marga, former Minister of National Education, Romania