IMHE General Conference 2012  will be held on 17-19 September in Paris. The 2012 Conference will focus on the challenges of attaining and sustaining mass higher education, in an increasingly competitive and international context.

The biennial IMHE General Conference attracts around 500 policy-makers, institutional leaders and academic experts active in higher education.

The Conference will seek to identify longer-term trends and will include analyses of national policy, institutional case studies and research carried out within the OECD and beyond.

This call for papers invites proposals from policy-makers, institutional leaders and managers, as well as researchers, on topics relevant to the conference. Proposals may consider issues at the international, national, institutional, or sub-institutional level.

Themes covered may include:

•    The Globalisation of Higher Education
•    Funding & Financing
•    Quality & Accountability
•    System Management & Institutional Diversity
•    Exploiting Technology for Learning
•    The Academic Workforce

Everyone wishing to take part in the Conference must register.
Registration opening in soon!
An abstract (150-250 words) with the completed online submission form should be submitted for review by the Organising Committee by 4 January 2012.

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