Global Associates International Symposium

April 1, 2009

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

The Global Financial Crisis: Perils and Opportunities for International Education
International education has become a big business, generating billions of dollars annually and serving millions of students. Altbach argues that just as the sub-prime mortgage crisis precipitated a global financial crisis, a similar trajectory leading to a bubble and then to a crash could also happen in the international education market.

The Future of the International Education Market
PHILIP ALTBACH, Professor and Director, Center for International Higher Education,
Boston College

Opportunities in International Education
JOSEPH DUFFEY, Senior Vice President, Laureate International Universities

Guidelines for Joint-Degree and Dual-Degree Programs with International Partners
JAMES CROSS, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Clemson University

Campus Financial Meltdown: The Coming Tsunami in Study Abroad?
ADRIAN BEAULIEU, Dean of International Studies, Providence College

For more information: contact Natalia Kats, UCEA Director of Conferences, at nkats@upcea.edu or 202.659.3130.