IREG-2010 Conference
The Academic Rankings: From Popularity to Reliability and Relevance
organized by:
IREG Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence
and
CHE-Centre for Educational Development, Gutersloh
With support of:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Berlin, 6-8 October 2010
Conference venue (all sessions): Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science
(Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), Jägerstraße 22/23
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Wednesday, 6 October
Whole day Arrival of participants
16.00 – 18.00 Meeting of the Executive Committee of IREG Observatory [closed session]
Venue: artotel Berlin Mitte, Wallstr. 70-73
19.30 – 22.00 Welcome Reception
Location: Karlsson Berlin, Taubenstr. 30
Thursday, 7 October
8.30 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 10.00 Opening Session
Welcome and Introduction
- Peter Greisler, Ministerial Counselor, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany;
- Frank Ziegele, Director of CHE, Germany
- Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory
10.00 – 12:30 First Session
New Developments in National and International Rankings
Chair: Frank Ziegele, Director of CHE
- Alex Usher, President of Higher Education Strategies Associates, Toronto, Canada: Let the Sun Shine In: The Use of Academic Rankings in Developing Countries
- Peter Okebukola, Chairman of Council, Osun State University, and former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Nigeria: Trends in Academic Rankings in the Nigerian University System
- Luis Piscoya, Professor at San Marcos University of Lima, Peru: Rankings in Peru in Context of Recent Developments in Higher Education in the Latin America
- Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, the World Bank, Washington D.C. , USA: A New Approach for Measuring the Performance of Tertiary Education Systems
Waldemar Siwiński, Vice-President of IREG-Observatory, President of Perspektywy Education Foundation, Warsaw, Poland: Building a Bridge between the National and International Rankings
12:30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Second Session
Regional Classification and Rankings Initiatives
Chair: Liu Nian Cai, Vice-President of IREG-Observatory, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Adnan El-Amine, Lebanese Association for Educational Studies, and Rajika Bhandari, Deputy Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, USA: Classifying Higher Education Institutions in the MENA Region [Middle East and North Africa]: A Pilot Study
- Diane Lalancette, Analyst, OECD Directorate for Education, Paris, France: Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes: a groundbreaking initiative to assess quality in higher education on an international scale
New Ranking Initiatives from Europe:
- Gero Federkeil, Vice-President IREG Observatory and Frans Kaiser, Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), CHERPA-Network, Germany/ the Netherlands: Developing and Testing the Feasibility of a Multi-dimensional Global University Ranking – the U-Multirank Project
- Marko Marhl, Vice-Rector of the University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Attila Pausits, Head of the Centre for University Continuing Education and Educational Management, the Danube University Krems, Austria: - Third Mission Indicators for New Ranking Methodologies – the E3M Project
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 19:00 Third Session
New Developments in Rankings
Chair: Seeram Ramakrishna, Professor and Vice-President (Research Strategy), National University of Singapore
- Martial Guiette, President and Director General, Group SMBG Eduniversal, Paris, France:
- Eduniversal Rankings of Business Schools
- Bob Morse, Director of Data Research, U.S. News, Washington DC, USA: An Inside Look into the U.S. News and other Media MBA Rankings
- Peter Lindstrom, University St. Gallen/The Association to Advance Collegiate Business Schools ( AACSB): The Ranking Dilemma: AACSB Position on Business School Rankings
- Robert Tijssen, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, the Netherlands: Rankings of universities according to university-industry research cooperation
- David Bovelet, Project Manager; Jürgen Güdler, Head of Division “Information Management”, and Miriam Henseler, Science Officer, German Science Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany: The DFG Funding Ranking and its Contribution to an International Monitoring of University, Industry, and Government Cooperation Activities
20.00 Conference Gala Diner
Location: Theodor Tucher am Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz 6 a
Awarding of the Honorary Membership of IREG to Jamie P. Merisotis, President and CEO of the Lumina Foundation, USA, and Detlef Müller-Böling, former Director of CHE, Germany
Laudatio presented by Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory, Vice-Rector of the Warsaw School of Social Psychology and Humanities/SWPS, Poland and Liu Nian Cai, Vice-President of IREG Observatory, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Friday, 8 October
9.00 – 12.00 Fourth Session
New Developments in Rankings – New Approaches and Methods
Chair: Michelle Cooper, President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington D.C., USA
- Phil Baty, Deputy Editor, Times Higher Education, London, United Kingdom, and Simon Pratt, Project Manager, Thomson Reuters, US: The New Times Higher World University Rankings
- Angela Yung-chi Hou, Director of International Exchange, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT): Development of “Self-directed” College Ranking and the Impact on Taiwan Higher Education
- Rafał Siepak, Maciej Bogaczyk, Antoine Lepretre, Students Vox, Poland/France: “Students Vox” – A student initiative ranking
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
- Elke Luetkemeier, Coordinator Research Rating, German Council of Science and Humanities, Cologne, Germany: A Rating of Research Performance of German Universities
- Ying Cheng, Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China: To Better Measure Social Sciences Performance: A Review of Existing Ranking Indicators
11.30 – 13.30 Fifth Session
IREG Ranking Audit – Presentation and Discussion
Chair: Alex Usher, President of Higher Education Strategies Associates, Toronto, Canada
13.30 – 14.00 Final Session
Discussion and closing of the conference
Chair: Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory
14.00 – 15.00 Farewell lunch
Afternoon Sightseeing [optional], departure of participants
15.00 – 16.30 General Assembly of IREG Observatory [closed session]
16.30 – 17.30 Meeting of the Executive Committee of IREG Observatory [closed session]