December 5th, 2004
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Opening Session
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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
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Second Session
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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
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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
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Third Session
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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
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Fourth Session
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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
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December 6th, 2004
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Fifth Session
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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
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Sixth Session
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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
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Seventh and Eighth Sessions
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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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