[HERDSA] Wed 25 Feb

[Roger Landbeck]

Dear List Members

This week we have 
* An invitation to post brief details of you research in progress or just
about to start. 
* A notice about a Management Study Tour
* Additions to the database on international education.
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Details of Research in Progress

You are invited to post on this list brief details of a research project you
are conducting in higher education under the following headings

Title of Project
Brief Description of Project
Name(s) of investigator(s)
Expected duration of project
Contact details eg email

Please send them to me Roger Landbeck<landbeck at ozemail.com.au> and I will
collate them for posting over the next few weeks

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Grant Harman from UNE sent this notice

INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGERS TO CALIFORNIA,
23-28 MAY 2004

The UNE Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP) is
organising two parallel study tours to California on the topic areas of:

(1) University governance, private higher education, University fund raising
and educational innovations including e-learning, and

(2) research commercialisation, technology licensing offices and management
of intellectual property.

The programs which will be in Los Angeles and San Francisco will include
presentations, discussions, and visits to universities and colleges.   The
registration fee is AUD$995 per person. Participants will be responsible
for:

* Air travel to and from the United States
* Air travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco
* Accommodation and meals;
* Fares on public transport in Los Angeles and San Francisco and possibly a
shared taxi or two.

Recommended accommodation is at the Furuma Hotel in Los Angeles at AUD$99
per night single and the Holiday Inn Civic Center in San Francisco at
AUD$155 per night single.
Further information is available from Professor Grant Harman (Tel: 02 6773
3217, Email: gharman at metz.une.edu.au) or from the CHEMP website:
http://fehps.une.edu.au/PDaL/Research/CHEMP/Study_Program/index.htm
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Professor Grant Harman
Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy
School of Professional Development and Leadership
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351 Australia
Telephone 61 (0)2 6773 3217
Fax: 61 (0)2 6773 3363

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Stuart Hughes from ACER has let us know that

71 new records have been added to the Database of Research on International
Education for February.

They can be browsed at from the New Additions page at
http://aei.dest.gov.au/general/research.htm

Highlights this month include articles on international schools, Chinese
perceptions of study abroad, the economic impact of international students,
and more on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Also
showcased on the New Additions page are some recent and older theses on
international education - if you know of others we are happy to hear about
them at ndrie at acer.edu.au
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Roger Landbeck
List Moderator
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc
PO Box 27
Milperra NSW 2214
AUSTRALIA

Ph: 61 2 9771 3911
Fax: 61 2 9771 4299
Email landbeck at ozemail.com.au
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