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Transitions to Mass Higher Education Systems: International Comparisons & Perspectives (5-6.12.2004)

The purpose of this conference was to bring together and help policy makers, within the Israeli system of higher ducation and government, make informed decisions regarding crucial policy issues in the light of international experience.

5 DECEMBER 2004
OPENING SESSION
	Chair: Zehev Tadmor Greetings: Yitzhak Apeloig, Dan Vilenski, David Menashri, and representatives of the British Council Israel, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Italian Cultural center. View Greetings
SESSION 2
	The expanding Higher Education System in Israel: Challenges and Problems Chair: Menahem Yaari, Rapporteur: Hanoch Gutfreund Shlomo Grossman: The Israeli System, Plans & Perspectives View presentation Nava Ben-Zvi: The Evolution and Status of the Israeli College Sector View presentation COFEE BREAK Zehev Tadmor: The Moment of Truth View presentation Joshua Jortner: The Higher Education System and Research Universities of Israel: Policy Guidelines and Warning Signals View presentation
SESSION 3
	Expanding Access to Tertiary Education as a Modern Imperative: Comparative National Experiences Chair: Neal Sherman, Rapporteur: Thorsten Nybom Sheldon Rothblatt: The Dilemmas of Supply and Demand in America View presentation Leslie Wagner: Expanding Higher Education: The British Experience View presentation Pier Paolo Giglioli: On (Not) Coping with Mass Higher Education: The Italian Experience. View presentation Grant Harman: The Australian Experience of Transition to Mass Higher Education. View presentation
SESSION 4
	Round Table Discussion I: A look Into the Future – What Can We Expect? Moderator: Mordechai Shechter View presentation Henry Rosovsky & David Bloom – Live Video Lecture– Beyond Private Gain. View presentation
6 DECEMBER 2004
SESSION 5
	Government-Academia-Society Relations in an Expanding System Chair: Alex Keynan, Rapporteur: Grant Harman David P. Gardner – Live Video Lecture – The California System: Governing and Management Principles. View presentation Martin Trow: Diversity, Autonomy, and the Role of Government in Higher Education. View presentation Thorsten Nybom: “Creative Intellectual Destruction” or “Destructive Political Creativity?” Epistemic, Cultural, and Institutional Changes in Present Day European “Knowledge Production” View presentation Haim Harari: The Ivory Lighthouse. View presentation
SESSION 6
	Patterns of Diversification of Higher Education Systems Chair: Nadav Liron, Rapporteur: Sarah Guri-Rosenblit Guy Neave: Mass Higher Education System and the Research University. A Post-modern Revival of William of Ockham’s Razor. View presentation Ulrich Teichler – *Recorded Video Lecture* – Changing Views in Europe about Diversification in Higher Education. View presentation
SESSIONS 7 & 8
	Report of the Rapporteurs Moderator: Martin Trow Round Table Discussion II: "Can or Should a New Master Plan be Negotiated for Israeli Higher Education?" Moderator: Zehev Tadmor View presentation

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