Academic Mobility Between Austria and the United States: Status, Trends, and New Opportunities
The objective of this one-and-a-half day conference held at the Amerika Haus and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Theatersaal) on November 20 and 21, 2008 was to bring experts from the United States and Austria together with the policy makers and administrative practitioners of international education from Austrian institutions of higher education (a) to evaluate the current status of academic mobility in both directions at various levels and provide an overview of current opportunities; (b) to discuss the implications of the apparent structural "convergence" of European and American educational systems; and (c) to investigate to what extent the Bologna process represents new opportunities for enhanced transatlantic cooperation and mobility.
- Lonnie Johnson, John Yopp, Linda Tobash, and Daniel Obst
Meet the Experts
November 20, 2008, Amerika Haus
"Visa information for Austrian students, scholars, and interns interested in stays in the U.S."
Vice Counsel Emily Caldwell, Christian Vojtech: U.S. Consulate, Vienna
"4,000 Institutions, 4,000 Possibilities: Understanding the Structure of Higher Education in the U.S."
John Yopp, Associate Provost for Educational Partnerships and International Affairs, University of Kentucky at Lexington
"Getting in to U.S. Universities: How U.S. Colleges and Universities Manage Selective Admission?"
Linda Tobash, Director of Placement Services, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
"How do they go? Where do they go?: Trends and Patterns of Outward-bound U.S. Student Mobility"
Daniel Obst, Director, Membership and Higher Education Services, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
Academic Mobility between Austria and the United States:
Status, Trends, and New Opportunities:
November 21, Theatersaal - Austrian Academy of Sciences
Introduction: "The European Higher Education Area in a Transatlantic Context: The External Dimension' of the Bologna Process"
Barbara Weitgruber, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Chair of the Bologna Working Group European Higher Education Area in a Global Setting, Chair of the AAEC
Opening remarks: "Where are the Austrians in the U.S.? Where are the Amis in Austria?: A Look at the Structure and the Statistics of Asymmetrical Mobility"
Lonnie Johnson, Executive Director, Austrian-American Educational Commission
Keynote: "Systems of Higher Education in the U.S. and Europe: Convergence and Competition"
John Yopp, Associate Provost for Educational Partnerships and International Affairs, University of Kentucky at Lexington
"Transatlantic Equivalencies and Mobility: The Reception of the Bologna Degree Regime by U.S. Institutions of Higher Education"
Linda Tobash, Director of Placement Services, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
Working Inside (and Outside) of the Bologna Architecture
"Joint and Dual Degree Programs in a Transatlantic Context"
Daniel Obst, Director, Membership and Higher Education Services, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
"Transatlantic Joint Degrees: The KFU-Graz Experience"
Roberta Maierhofer, Vice Rector for International Relations and Interdisciplinary Cooperation, KFU Graz
"The Executive MBA of the WU Vienna and the University of Minnesota"
Bodo Schlegelmilch, Dean of WU Executive Academy and Program Director the WU-University of Minnesota (Carlson School of Management) EMBA
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