College and University Rankings: Conferences

Located at Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. Director is Philip G. Altbach. CIHE defines its mission to advance knowledge about the complex realities of higher education in the contemporary world. The first “International Higher Education Research and Policy Roundtable” met on November 2-3, 2013 in Shanghai, China to discuss the role of higher education research and training centers. It was organized by the CIHE, in cooperation with the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Innovation, Higher Education and Research for Development (IHERD.) This event led to the release of the Shanghai Statement about the future of higher education.

Delivered as the keynote address at conference listed above, Las Universidades Latinoamericanas ante los Rankings Internacionales: Impactos, Alcances y Límites.

Slides with data showing the rankings of Latin American universities presented at conference listed above, Las Universidades Latinoamericanas ante los Rankings Internacionales: Impactos, Alcances y Límites.

Upcoming IREG Observatory events.

The 5th International Conference on World-class Universities (WCU-5) was held between November 3 and 6, 2013 at Shanghai, China. The theme was "Global Outreach of World-Class Universities: How It is Affecting Higher Education". Experts from almost 40 countries met in Shanghai to talk about the ‘world-class university.’ Also included was a special session for the 10th Anniversary of Shanghai Global University Ranking.

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Training Foundation, 25-26 April 2013. The conference is held to finalize the project "Developing and Approbating a Template Methodology for National Ranking of Higher Education Institutions." The project was implemented for the Russian Ministry of Education and Science in the period from 2011 till 2013. It aimed at developing a comprehensive system of higher education institutions performance external assessment.

"Aims to contribute to building world-class universities for Middle Eastern and North African communities through the exchange of best practice and global partnership. Its conference program is developed in the context of higher education advancement in these two regions."

The first U21 Symposium on National Systems of Higher Education was held from 6-7 November 2013 in Shanghai.