Hosted by Dr. Carlos Felipe Escobar Roa, Rector of Universidad El Bosque (Colombia), and Chaired by Professor Neal King, Secretary General of the IAUP and President of the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology (USA), the second Semi-Annual meeting of the 2011-14 Triennium convened in Bogota, Colombia, from March 23 to 25, 2012.
Dr. Young Seek Choue, President-Emeritus of IAUP and Founder and Chancellor of Kyung Hee University System, passed away peacefully on Saturday February 18. We shall always remember Dr. Choue for his great knowledge and untiring life-long dedication to education and the peace movement.
Over thirty universities around the world gathered in Batumi (Republic of Georgia) for an IAUP regional conference hosted by Caucasus University. From 25-27th of February 2012, Presidents, Rectors, Vice-Chancellors, and invited guests gathered in Batumi for the IAUP (International Association of University Presidents) Europe conference hosted by Caucasus University and organized in cooperation with its close partners Upper Austria University of Applied Science and University of Finance and Administration in Czech Republic. More than 50 participants from various universities from Caucasus and Black Sea Region as well as from Europe, United States, Africa and the Middle East were present to discuss the activities and services of IAUP.
University World News recently placed the new IAUP-Microsoft Academic Summits in the spotlight. The Academic Summits are exclusive "think tank" format events designed to inform global university leaders, especially Presidents, Provost, Deans, Chief Information Officers, about new developments in academic technologies, and focus their attention on critical emerging challenges.
Following the very successful Triennial in New York City, IAUP President J. Michael Adams proposed a new schedule of Semi-Annual Meetings to fill the gap between triennials. All IAUP members are invited and encouraged to attend these gatherings of higher education chief executives as they move around the world.
This month in Doha, The International Association of University Presidents served as one of six organizational partners for the 2011 World Innovation Summit for Education, along with the Institute for International Education, UNESCO, Rand, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).
The second WISE Program for Education Leadership took place in Doha, Qatar from September 25 - 28, 2011. Sponsored by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and co-organized by IAUP, this four-day workshop is conducted annually to help prepare the next generation of global higher education chief executives to manage the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
Every three years, IAUP hosts a Triennial, which is the largest gathering of chief executive officers from universities around the world. The 16th IAUP Triennial was held on June 17-20, 2011 at the Marriot Marquis Hotel, directly overlooking Broadway and Times Square in New York City. The Triennial marked the transition of leadership from President Barham Madain Ayub (2008-2011) to President J. Michael Adams (2011-2014).
This proposal examines a realistic solution to Africa's complexity in Higher Education. Academic Chairs for Africa has received support from many individuals and associations such as the United Nations, UNESCO, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. This proposal continues to gain momentum based on the advice and concern of those that experience Higher Education within Africa.
The IAUP Executive Committee, at its recent meeting in Tokyo approved the creation of an International Faculty Achievement Award that will recognize extraordinary achievement in curriculum development, service, and teaching to prepare world citizens.
Members of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) played major roles in planning and presenting the 2010 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE).
2010 North East Asia IAUP Conference
Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou ChinaThe annual North East Asia Conference was held in the city of Hangzhou, China on November 26-29, 2010. Development Tendencies of Higher Education in North East Asia and the cooperation between Universities were the core themes. Hu Jian Maio, President of Zhajiang Gongshang University and Chair of the NE Asia Council, reported on progress and prospects on Internationalization of Higher Education.
The Executive Committee and Council of Senior Advisors Meeting of the IAUP was held in Tokyo, Japan, hosted by President Toyoshi Satow of the J.F. Oberlin University and President Ichiro Tanioka of the Osaka University of Commerce, at the Hotel Nikko Tokyo. This meeting brought together a good number of IAUP representatives from around the world, and some special invited guests, to discuss important issues related to present and future activities of our Association, from the perspectives of their respective institutions, countries and regions.
IAUP President-elect, J. Michael Adams, represented IAUP as a featured speaker at the III World Forum of Alliance of Civilizations in Rio de Janeiro, May 27-29, 2010. Dr. Adams joined the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director-General of ISESCO in Saudi Arabia, and Malaysian Crown Prince Raja Nazrin Shah in the plenary session, “Education for an Intercultural Citizenship,” co-organized with UNESCO.
IAUP completed separate reciprocal partnership agreements with Universities Australia, UDUAL (Unión de Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe) and UNIMED (Mediterranean Universities Union).
