Higher Education International conference

Building on the success of last year’s HEIC 2009 conference (97% overall satisfaction rate – 84% felt that the conference was “very good” or “excellent” – Participants visit and meeting with His Excellency the President of the Lebanese Republic General Michel Suleiman at the Presidential Palace…), the Higher Education International Conference 2010 (HEIC 2010) will be held in Beirut, Lebanon from May 4 till May 6, 2010 under the Auspices of His Excellency Minister of Education & Higher Education Mr. Hasan Mneimneh.

HEIC is a premier annual international conference dedicated to addressing emerging topics and challenges in higher education.

HEIC 2010

Higher education is faced with unprecedented challenges, stemming in large part from a decline in resources, dynamic advances in global digital communications and increasingly sophisticated learning methodologies and stakeholders relationships. Accordingly, higher education institutions need to reexamine their products, their processes, and their institutional assumptions in order to be positioned both for leadership and survival in the future. Such thorough examination of challenges, opportunities, and institutional options inevitably leads to changes in institutional vision, policies, and fundamental approaches and assumptions.

The main goal of HEIC 2010 is to create a world-class gathering of researchers from academia, nationally and internationally recognized higher education experts, business leaders, and higher education stakeholders (Accreditation Agencies, Ministries of Higher Education, Students, Employers…) representatives to discuss new issues in higher education to allow for a lively exchange of ideas. This will offer valuable perspectives and possible new directions for higher education leaders, faculty members, students, and others concerned with the future of higher education in an era of globalized competition.

More specifically, HEIC 2010 is concerned with the patterns of higher education development evident in the 21st century throughout the world, analyzing some of the reasons of these trends and pointing to likely directions for universities in the coming decade. Issues such as institutional research, quality assurance, stakeholders involvement in higher education, and the implications of the massive expansion of universities in most countries are of primary concern.