DAY 1 - Monday January 7 |
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08:45 – 09:15 |
OPENING SESSION - view video Chair: Prof. Nadav Liron, Director, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Welcome and Opening Remarks Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig, President, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Prof. Elise S. Brezis, Director, Azrieli Center for Economic Policy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Prof. Mordechai Shechter, Bashaar-Academic Community for Israeli Society, Israel Mr. Dan Vilenski, Chairman of the Board of Directors, United States-Israel Educational Foundation, Israel |
09:15 – 10:00 |
Keynote Presentation - view video Prof. Sheldon Rothblatt, UC Berkeley, USA “What does it Mean to be 'Private'? Notes from History” |
10:15 – 12:15 |
SESSION 1, Part 1 - CURRENT TRENDS IN THE PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - view video Chair: Prof. Zehev Tadmor, Chairman of the Board, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Prof. Daniel C. Levy, University at Albany, SUNY, USA “The Global Growth of Private Higher Education: Comparing Against U.S. Reality.” - presentation Prof. Guy Neave, Twente University, The Netherlands; Centro de Investigacão de Politicas do Ensino Superior, Porto, Portugal “Trends in Europe” Steven Stav, Director General of the Council for Higher Education and VATAT (the Planning & Budgeting Committee), Israel “Trends in Israel” - presentation Discussant: Prof. Sarah Guri-Rosenblit, The Open University of Israel
Questions & Answers |
13:15 – 15:15 |
SESSION I, Part 2 - CURRENT TRENDS IN THE PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - view video Chair: Prof. Moshe Kaveh, President, Bar-Ilan Unihttp://www.neaman.org.il/Neaman/news/event_item.asp?fid=835versity, Israel
Prof. Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Head, Department of Educational Finance, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, India “Current Trends of the Private Sector in Higher Education in Asia” - presentation Prof. Ali Dogramaci, Rector, Bilkent University, Turkey “Private University Initiatives in Turkey: The Bilkent Experience” - presentation Prof. Grant Harman, Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia “Australian Experience with Private Higher Education” - presentation Discussant: Prof. Guy Neave, Twente University, The Netherlands; Centro de Investigacão de Politicas do Ensino Superior, Porto, Portugal
Questions & Answers |
15:30 – 17:30 |
SESSION II - THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGHER-EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE ECONOMY - view video http://www.neaman.org.il/Neaman/news/event_item.asp?fid=835 Chair: Prof. Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Philippe Aghion, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA - presentation “Economic Growth and the Financing of Higher Education” Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, Vice-President R&D, Tel Aviv University; Bashaar, Israel - presentation
“Responsible Technology Transfer in Starving Universities” Prof. Uri Kirsch, Vice Chairman of VATAT (Planning and Budgeting Committee), The Council for Higher Education, Israel - presentation “Commercialization of Programs within Public Institutions - the View of VATAT” Discussant: Prof. Sheldon Rothblatt, UC Berkeley, USA
Questions & Answers |
17:30 – 19:30 |
SESSION III - EFFECTS OF PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON SOCIAL NEEDS - view video Chair: Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund, Chairman, Bashaar; The Hebrew University, Israel
Ranan Hartman, Chairman, Ono Academic College, Israel “The Social Responsibility of the Institutions of Higher Education in Israel” - presentation Prof. Elise S. Brezis, Director, Azrieli Center for Economic Policy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel - presentation “Effects of Privatization on the Quality of Higher Education” Prof. Thorsten Nybom, Deputy Vice-chancellor, Orebro University, Sweden “The Future Constitional Forms and Institutional Governance of European Universities – A Matter of politicized 'Autonomy'?” Discussant: Prof. Yaacov Iram, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Questions & Answers |
DAY 2 - Tuesday January 8 |
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09:30 – 11:30 |
SESSION IV - THE GRADUAL PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ISRAEL - view video Chair: Dr. Neal Sherman, Director, United States-Israel Educational Foundation, Israel
Prof. Uriel Reichman, President, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Isael Dr. Raanan Har-Zahav, Advocate, Israel “Privatization of Higher Education and Constitutional Principles” Prof. Zvi Arad, President, Netanya Academic College, Israel “The Revolution of Privatization of Higher Education in Israel” Discussant: Prof. Gad Ariav, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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11:45 – 13:45 |
SESSION V - COMMERCIALIZATION OF PROGRAMS WITHIN PUBLIC HIGHER INSTITUTIONS - view video Chair: Prof. Moshe Many, President, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel
Prof. Gabriel Motzkin, Director, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel “Non-Commercial Value in Higher Education and the Challenge of Commercialization” Prof. Eliezer Shalev, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel “Private Program within a Public Medical Faculty” Prof. Shoshana Arad, President, Ruppin Academic Center; VARAM, Israel - - presentation “The impact of the Privatization Process on the Higher Education in Israel” Discussant: Dr. Meir Zadok, Director, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel
Questions & Answers |
15:00 – 17:30 |
SESSION VI - PANEL REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION - view video Chair: Prof. Mordechai Shechter, University of Haifa; Bashaar, Israel
Prof. Philippe Aghion, Harvard University, USA Prof. Morton M. Denn, City University of New York, USA Prof. Nehemia Friedland, President, Tel Aviv – Jaffa Academic College, Israel Mr. Gury Zilkha, Consultant, Higher Education, former Director-General of MALAG/VATAT Prof. Zvi Piran, Dean, Jerusalem School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University, Israel Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Head, National Economic Council, Prime Minister's Office, Israel Prof. Zehev Tadmor, Chairman, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion, Israel
Questions & Answers Closing Remarks |