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Call for Participation
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Institutions of Higher Education and Scientific Research occupies a
corner stone in the nations' economy and development. In addition to
their role in providing a source for knowledge and sciences and
being instruments for their development, they play a direct and
effective roles in the economic and industrial sectors. These
institutions are also concerned of the emergent needs in order to
create the environment necessary to set the directions for the
nations economy and industry.
This
central status of the higher education institutions and the research
they offer at all levels would make it imperative to be kept under
continuous planning and development. Assessment studies and reviews
for these institutions would be more demanding nowadays in order to
put them in line with the world variations and emergent needs of
globalization and information technologies as well as the
development plans for the national economies. Getting the higher
education and scientific research experts and specialists
participating in meetings and colloquia would be a tool to fulfill
the relevant studies and reviews needed.
The first
conference for planning and developing education and applied
scientific research in the Arab countries was held in Aleppo, Syria
in the year 2003 (1423 H). As a matter of emphasis on the role of
that conference and as a continuation on the same issue, this second
conference is planned to be held at KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to
discuss planning and development of education and scientific
research in the Arab countries.
The
conference aims at getting together the experts and researchers in
the field of higher education in the Arab countries to reciprocate
opinions and expertise on higher education and scientific research
activities and development in the Arab world. The conference also
aims at investigating and discussing various relevant practices and
experiences to make use of them in exploring the hurdles and setting
strategies to surmount them. Discussions will also focus on trials
for linkage of higher education and research programs with the vital
issues of the Arab world and the tools for quality assurance of
education and polices and regulations needed to make higher
education accessible to all qualified people in the Arab world.
As a means
to fulfill the set objectives, the conference is planning to invite
group of experts, specialists and decision makers from institutions
of higher education and scientific research in the Arab countries as
well as international experts in the fields of planning for
education and scientific research. The conference will also invite
specialists from university professors and research institutes and
from those engaged in higher education and research at the Arabic
and international levels. These invited bodies will include
individuals, agencies, organizations and institutions linked to
education and scientific research. All of these experts are expected
to present their research relevant to the conference issues.
Conference Topics:
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Planning strategies in higher education
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Planning strategies in scientific research
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Relationship between outcomes of higher education and job
market needs
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General education and its impact on higher education
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Utilization of modern techniques in education
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Assessment criteria for the higher education programs
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Developing higher education methodologies and tools
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Utilizing scientific research for enhancing the higher
education methodologies and tools
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Role of higher education and development in developing the
national economy
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Role of sciences and mathematics in enhancing scientific
research activities and development
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Interaction between production sectors and higher education
institutions
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Globalization and its impact on higher education
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